soldier on

soldier on

To continue doing something with determination or resolve, despite difficulties or an unlikely chance of succeeding. Though our funding was cut, we decided to soldier on with our work and try to finish the project on our own. Even though they were down by an insurmountable number of goals, you have to admire how they just kept soldiering on.
See also: on, soldier
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • push on
  • in with a shout
  • have no stomach for something
  • have the stomach for
  • not have the stomach for (something)
  • not have the stomach for something
  • lost cause
  • lost cause, a
  • a lost cause
  • square (one's) shoulders