pressing on
Not giving up
Pressing on means continuing forward despite difficulty, fatigue, or discouragement.
The phrase suggests determination in the face of obstacles: Despite the setbacks, we're pressing on with the project.
It can also mean simply continuing with a task or journey: We should press on if we want to arrive before dark.
- carry onContinue doing something
- keep goingMaintain forward progress
- continueGo on without stopping
- soldier onContinue despite difficulty
- forging aheadContinuing with determination
moving forward · perseverance · progress · resilience · undeterred · tenacity · fortitude · advance · compressing · squeezing · steadfastness · grit · persist · overcoming · resolve · stay the course · keep at it · never give up
- tenacitydetermined, persistence, persistent, perseverance, determination
- persistingpersisting, persevering, persistence, perseverance, continuing
- progressprogress, in progress, promotion, raise, making progress
- psyching uppsyching up, pep talk, self talk, bracing, mustering
pressing onstopping
Ceasing to continue
quitting · giving up · throwing in the towel · halting · ceasing
pressing ongiving up
Choosing to stop trying
surrendering · throwing in the towel · capitulating · yielding · admitting defeat
pressing onretreating
Moving back from advance
turning back · falling back · withdrawing · pulling back · backing off
press, pressing, expression, impress, impressive, impression, pressed, depression, expressive