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Verb: keep one's nose to the grindstone
  1. Work doggedly or persistently
    - plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, slave away, grind away

Derived forms: keeps one's nose to the grindstone, kept one's nose to the grindstone, keeping one's nose to the grindstone

Type of: work