grind on
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grind on
vb
(intr, adverb) to move further relentlessly: the enemy's invasion ground slowly on.
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Translations
w>grind on
vi (enemy, invasion) → unaufhaltsam vorrücken; (fig, bureaucracy etc) → unaufhaltsam sein; to grind on toward(s) something → einer Sache (dat) → unaufhaltsam entgegengehen; the process grinds slowly on → das Verfahren schleppt sich hin
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