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2021-11-17 04:11
Plug along spoken language phrase
To keep trying to improve or develop steadily despite facing adversities, challenges, problems, etc.
Don't quit! Just plug along. I believe you will pull it off eventually.
When I started out my musical career, I ignored all negative things people told me and plugged along.
(Used in the progressive tense to respond to "How are you?") Said when you mean that you're performing just well enough not to fail.
A: Hi, Mary. How are you doing? B: I'm just plugging along. And you?
A: What's up? B: Just plugging along. Nothing too special happened to me.
The verb "plug" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
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1. A type of soup that contains small pieces of pasta shaped into letters.
2. A mixture of letters which make you confused to understand, usually acronyms or abbreviations
1. I enjoyed alphabet soup when I was young.
2. The name of the organization is an alphabet soup of A.D.B which stands for Asian Development Bank.
