plod

Related to plod: ploddingly, plod along

plod along

To move, progress, or develop at a slow but constant and deliberate pace. I've been plodding along with my thesis for the last few weeks and making some decent progress. My 95-year-old grandfather still makes a point of plodding along to the local shop each morning to catch up with neighbors and friends. As the lecture plodded along, I could feel my eyelids getting heavy.
See also: plod

plod away (at something)

To continue to work on, progress through, or develop something at a slow and laborious but consistent pace. A: "How's that new script coming?" B: "I'm still plodding away. I should be finished by tomorrow." I know Janet's been plodding away at her company's tax returns all weekend.
See also: away, plod

plod on

To move, progress, or develop at a slow but constant and deliberate pace. John: "Hey Steve, what's new?" Steve: "Nothing much, just been plodding on with my thesis for the last few weeks." My 95-year-old grandfather still makes a point of plodding on to the local shop each morning to catch up with neighbors and friends. I could feel my eyelids getting heavy as the lecture plodded on.
See also: on, plod

plod through (something)

To continue to make progress through something at a slow and laborious but consistent pace. A: "How's that report coming?" B: "I'm still plodding through it. I should be finished by tomorrow." I know she's been plodding her way through all the applications we received.
See also: plod, through
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

plod along

to move along slowly but deliberately. I'm just plodding along, but I am getting the job done. The old man plodded along, hardly able to stand. The movie plodded along putting most of the audience to sleep.
See also: plod

plod away at something

to keep trying to do something. He continues to plod away at writing his novel. It's been three years now. How long have you been plodding away at that book?
See also: away, plod

plod through something

to work one's way through something laboriously. I just plodded through my work today. I had no energy at all. This is certainly a lot of papers to have to plod through.
See also: plod, through
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • plod along
  • plod on
  • plough on
  • ploughing
  • plow on
  • slowly but surely
  • plod through
  • plod through (something)
  • jog along
  • surely
References in periodicals archive
To enter the 2008 LifeStyle Porthkerry Plod, please telephone Andrew, from Penarth and Dinas Runners, on 07879 060 270 or e-mail porthkerryplod@hotmail.co.uk.
Running: Runners invited to participate in Porthkerry Plod
INS AND OUTS: As one Corkhill old boy returns, in the shape of Rod the Plod, his long-suffering aunty Jackie will be doing a runner
Barber Rod plods back to Brookie
He said: 'Our team can put together a personal training programme for the Porthkerry Plod.
Take a Plod in park for scenic route
Because that same idiot knows that when you wake to a heap of glass where the car window once was, yes, you COULD call the plod...but, really, what's the point?
Carol Sarler's column: COPPING OUT ON CRIME STATISTICS
And to show there are no hard feelings Sly and Gobbo are even let out of jail by PC Plod to go to the fair - after they promise to be good.
Parents and tots give nods of approval for Toy Town magic
TRUST IN PLOD: Luke Donald has quietly hit the top of the leader board, while Casey, inset, is hot on the heels of his fellow countryman
PLODDING ALONG; WENTWORTH BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: Dogged Donald battles back from injury to force his way through field and take lead
Deputy Zoo Curator, Matt Lewis, said: "We saw press stories about a rabbit weighing 15 pounds and decided to pop Mr Plod on the scales to see what he weighs.
Giant bunny piling on the pounds
The former plod said that in 30 years in the police force they only used their batons as a last resort.
Gers fans should police themselves
There are a number of subplots and a corny performance by Stephen Fry as a plodding plod investigating a possible murder.
Guidelines: VIDEOS & DVDS
The Chorion Group says computer-animated cartoons featuring Noddy, Big Ears and Toyland policeman Mr Plod were also in the pipeline.
Return of Noddy and the Famous Five
SO the public sector workers keep their cushy retirement age of 60 while the rest of us have to plod along until nearly 70.
Letter: The BIG issue - Age before booty
In addition to Noddy she also owns Big Ears, Mr Plod, and Miss Fluffy Cat.
TREASURE HUNTERS; TV's JAMES BREESE answers your questions each week on antiques & collectables
"It's called PLOD (Pin Loading Orientation Device) and it cost the firm around pounds 8,000 to make but it will save the company three times that every year."
Team 'PLODs' away to win top awards
But Docherty said: "The Italians will plod and plod away and bore the a**e off you - wear you down and nick a penalty or a free-kick.
Football: Doc: Don't turn it into Euro bore; COUNTDOWN TO THE ITALIAN JOB
Berlin, January 19, 1940." +++++ A 40-year-old tortoise called MR PLOD - after the character in NODDY - has been pinched from a garden in Andover, Hants.
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