PRESS ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does press on mean? 

• PRESS ON (verb)
  The verb PRESS ON has 1 sense:

1. continue moving forward

  Familiarity information: PRESS ON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESS ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Continue moving forward

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

plough on; press on; push on

Hypernyms (to "press on" is one way to...):

advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Brain tumors can also press on nerves and affect brain function.

(Brain Diseases, NIH)

Even so, they can be dangerous if they press on vital organs, such as your brain.

(Benign Tumors, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Assignments will press on you until February 16, at which time you will again be able to refocus your attention on your relationship without outside distraction.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mrs. Thorpe, however, had one great advantage as a talker, over Mrs. Allen, in a family of children; and when she expatiated on the talents of her sons, and the beauty of her daughters, when she related their different situations and views—that John was at Oxford, Edward at Merchant Taylors', and William at sea—and all of them more beloved and respected in their different station than any other three beings ever were, Mrs. Allen had no similar information to give, no similar triumphs to press on the unwilling and unbelieving ear of her friend, and was forced to sit and appear to listen to all these maternal effusions, consoling herself, however, with the discovery, which her keen eye soon made, that the lace on Mrs. Thorpe's pelisse was not half so handsome as that on her own.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)