GRIND ON


Meaning of GRIND ON in English

If you say that something grinds on , you disapprove of the fact that it continues to happen in the same way for a long time.

Civil war in the Sudan has been grinding on for nine years.

PHRASAL VERB : V P [ disapproval ]

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