PRESS ON

or press ahead

1.

If you press on or press ahead , you continue with a task or activity in a determined way, and do not allow any problems or difficulties to delay you.

Organizers of the strike are determined to press on...

Poland pressed on with economic reform.

PHRASAL VERB : V P , V P with n

2.

If you press on , you continue with a journey, even though it is becoming more difficult or more dangerous.

I considered turning back, but it was getting late, so I pressed on.

= keep going

PHRASAL VERB : V P