English verb: keep one's shoulder to the wheel | |||
1. | keep one's shoulder to the wheel (social) work doggedly or persistently | ||
Samples | She keeps plugging away at her dissertation. | ||
Synonyms | keep one's nose to the grindstone, peg away, plug away, slog | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | work | ||