To continue doing something even though it is difficult: “For five winters we’ve ________.”
NR | 25 |
STUCK IT OUT | 13 |
TOUGHED IT OUT | 4 |
KEPT AT IT | 3 |
STUCK WITH IT | 3 |
GOT BY | 2 |
HUNG ON | 2 |
MANAGED TO STAY WITH IT | 2 |
STAYED WITH IT | 2 |
STRUGGLED | 2 |
TRIED | 2 |
ARE GOING TO LICK IT | 1 |
BEEN ABLE TO MAKE BEANS | 1 |
BEEN ABLE TO SCRATCH OUT A LIVING | 1 |
BEEN ABLE TO SURVIVE | 1 |
DONE IT | 1 |
DONE THE SAME THING | 1 |
DRAGGED ALONG | 1 |
HELD ON | 1 |
IT’S BEEN HARD SLEDDING | 1 |
JUST KEPT ON | 1 |
KEPT DIGGING AWAY | 1 |
KEPT GOING | 1 |
KEPT IT GOING | 1 |
KEPT ON | 1 |
LABORED ON THIS | 1 |
MADE IT THROUGH | 1 |
MANAGED | 1 |
MANAGED TO GET BY | 1 |
MANAGED TO GET IT DONE | 1 |
MANAGED TO MAKE IT THROUGH | 1 |
MANAGED TO STAY ON TOP | 1 |
MANAGED TO SURVIVE | 1 |
PLUGGED AT IT | 1 |
SQUEEZED THROUGH | 1 |
STRUGGLED OVER IT | 1 |
STUCK AT IT | 1 |
STUCK TO IT | 1 |
SURVIVED A HARD TIME | 1 |
SWEATED IT OUT | 1 |
WORKED UNDER DIFFICULTIES | 1 |
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