keep one's nose to the grindstone
verbid
12389·updated Jun 3, 2026candidate
to work doggedly or persistently
MWE
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Classifications
Cognitive
—60%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Variants
- 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
Framework definitions
- §1
- to work doggedly or persistently
- §1 · legacy_primary
- to work doggedly or persistentlyDR-088 backfill from the verb definition column
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