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keep one's nose to the grindstone

verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026

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to work doggedly or persistently

MWE

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Variants

5 surface forms

synonym: plug away
pasttense: keeped one's nose to the grindstone
presentparticiple: keeping one's nose to the grindstone
thirdpersonsingular: keeps one's nose to the grindstone
pastparticiple: keeped one's nose to the grindstone

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