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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