press on

1. 1.

   continue moving forward

   Synonymspush onplough on

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Questions about press on

What does press on mean?

press on means "continue moving forward".

What is another word for press on?

Close synonyms include push on, plough on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is press on a common word?

press on is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.