soldiering on
Pushing through regardless
Soldiering on is continuing steadily despite difficulties or fatigue.
The phrase evokes a soldier's duty to keep marching regardless of conditions: She soldiered on through the chemotherapy.
It suggests quiet persistence rather than dramatic heroism—doing what must be done even when exhausted or discouraged.
- overcomingDefeating a challenge
- pushing throughContinuing despite difficulty
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- gritting teethClamping jaw under stress
duty · grit · tough it out · service · tenacity · determination · never give up · focus · steadfastness · doggedness · endurance · pressing on · keeping going · survival · inner strength · hanging in there · carrying on · resolve
- tenacitydetermined, persistence, persistent, perseverance, determination
- persistingpersisting, persevering, persistence, perseverance, continuing
soldiering ongiving up
Choosing to stop trying
quitting · stopping · abandoning · throwing in the towel · calling it quits
soldiering onsurrendering
Ceasing to resist
capitulating · yielding · submitting · caving in · giving in
soldiering ondespairing
Completely without hope
losing hope · falling apart · collapsing · wallowing · languishing
soldier, soldiers, soldiered, soldierly, soldierlike, soldiership, soldiery