press ahead

Meaning

1. Oxford78% of films

   to continue doing sth in a determined way; to hurry forward

In the movies · 10

• Tommy's going to press on and try the Dyno pitch,The Dawn Wall2017
• For weeks, Marianne, I've had this pressing on me...Sense and Sensibility1995
• And we're not gonna tell the press about it ahead of time because that way it will have the appearance of a breaking emergency sort of…Don't Look Up2021

Learn it in full scenes

• The Dawn Wall2017
  • Tommy's Father Toughens Him Up
  • Tommy Caldwell Wins Snowbird
  • Climbers Taken Hostage in Kyrgyzstan
• Sense and Sensibility1995
  • John Dashwood's Deathbed Promise
  • The Dashwoods Lose Norland
  • Edward Ferrars Visits Norland
• Don't Look Up2021
  • Kate Discovers the Comet
  • The Astronomers Call Dr. Oglethorpe
  • Kate and Mindy Wait Seven Hours

From the same entry

• press flesh
• press home
• press into service
• push all the buttons
• bring charges against
• press the panic button
• press for
• press on