Verb
soldier on (third-person singular simple present soldiers on, present participle soldiering on, simple past and past participle soldiered on)
(intransitive) To continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty.
He soldiered on through the night, working hard and not sleeping.
The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth. Stonewall Jackson
I cannot imagine that someone could go to Tõnismägi and in the darkness of the night, put the Bronze Soldier on the hook of the crane, and drive it away somewhere. This is not a solution acceptable for a constitutional state. Andrus Ansip
I'm brilliant as well as skilled," he said modestly. "It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can. Jim Butcher
We must differentiate between guilt and duty. The soldier on the front, like the common man, who does his duty everywhere, should not be held responsible for the actions of a few who also called themselves Germans. Oskar Schindler
I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on. Anthony Doerr
A soldier on furlough lets his shirt hang out of his trousers. Russian Proverb