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• press on with — press on (with (something)) to continue to do something in a determined way. He said his comments were meant as a joke, but the Miss America Organization pressed on with its lawsuit. The construction firm pressed ahead with plans to build the… …   New idioms dictionary

• press ahead with — phr verb Press ahead with is used with these nouns as the object: ↑plan …   Collocations dictionary

• press on with something — press on (with (something)) to continue to do something in a determined way. He said his comments were meant as a joke, but the Miss America Organization pressed on with its lawsuit. The construction firm pressed ahead with plans to build the… …   New idioms dictionary

• press ahead (with something) — ˌpress aˈhead/ˈon (with sth) derived to continue doing sth in a determined way; to hurry forward • The company is pressing ahead with its plans for a new warehouse. • ‘Shall we stay here for the night?’ ‘No, let s press on.’ Main entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

• press on (with something) — ˌpress aˈhead/ˈon (with sth) derived to continue doing sth in a determined way; to hurry forward • The company is pressing ahead with its plans for a new warehouse. • ‘Shall we stay here for the night?’ ‘No, let s press on.’ Main entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

• Press — Press, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pressing}.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr. premere, pressum, to press. Cf. {Print}, v.] 1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• press# — press n throng, crush, *crowd, mob, rout, horde Analogous words: *multitude, army, host, legion press vb Press, bear, bear down, squeeze, crowd, jam mean to exert pressure upon something or someone continuously or for a length of time. They are… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• press ahead — ● press * * * ˌpress a ˈhead ˌpress ˈon [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they press ahead he/she/it presses ahead …   Useful english dictionary

• press on — (with (something)) to continue to do something in a determined way. He said his comments were meant as a joke, but the Miss America Organization pressed on with its lawsuit. The construction firm pressed ahead with plans to build the skyscraper …   New idioms dictionary

• press — press1 [ pres ] noun *** ▸ 1 newspapers etc. ▸ 2 machine for printing ▸ 3 publishing business ▸ 4 piece of equipment ▸ 5 single push on something ▸ 6 making clothes smooth ▸ 7 many people pushing 1. ) the press newspapers and news magazines: the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• press — 1 /pres/ noun 1 NEWS a) (U) also the press people who write reports for newspapers, radio, or television: the freedom of the press (also + plural verb BrE): In August the press are desperate for news. | press photographers b) (singular,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English