soldier on

phrasal verb

soldiered on; soldiering on; soldiers on

: to continue to do something or to try to achieve something even though it is difficult

The researchers encountered many problems but they soldiered on.

Examples of soldier on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All told, the group helped move more than 7 million letters and parcels to soldiers on the front lines. —Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2025

The father of one of the soldiers on the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight is remembering his son. —Charna Flam, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025

Local Border Patrol agents know this terrain by memory, but many of the dozens of soldiers on site are from somewhere else. —Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025

While the Army released the names of the other two soldiers on board the Black Hawk on Friday, Lobach’s name had been withheld at her family’s request. —Kaanita Iyer, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025