Dictionary

soldier on en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty.
   • But what was Northern meant to do, bearing in mind that the Class 142s and '144s' had to soldier on in service beyond their planned withdrawal dates, due to the late delivery of cascaded trains and the late entry into traffic of the £500m, 101-strong order of CAF multiple units? 2020 June 17, Jim McMahon tells Richard Clinnick, “Stepping out of the shadows”, in Rail, page 41:
   • He soldiered on through the night, working hard and not sleeping.

Forms

Relateds

battler

Translations (13)

is seiglast við (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty) · fi sinnitellä (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty) · is gefast ekki upp (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty) · is halda sínu striki (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty) · cs nevzdávat to (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty) · is láta ekki deigan síga (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty) · is halda ótrauður áfram (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty) · is láta engan bilbug á sér finna (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty) · pl kontynuować (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty) · cs táhnout to dál (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty) · cs zatnout zuby a pokračovat (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty) · es seguir en la brecha (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty) · fr tenir bon (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty)