New English-Irish Dictionary

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press on

1 (v + adv) continue moving INTRANSITIVEwe pressed on anyway leanamar orainn ar aon nós, choinníomar orainn ar scor ar bithI'm pressing on as best I can tá mé ag treabhadh liom chomh maith agus is féidir liomI pressed on home theann mé romham abhaile, thiomáin mé liom abhaile 2 (also

press ahead

) (v + adv) continue doing sth INTRANSITIVEpress on! coinnigh ort!, coinnigh leis!they're pressing on with the scheme tá siad ag dul ar aghaidh leis an scéim 3 (v + prep) force sth on sb TRANSITIVEto press money on sb airgead a bhrú ar dhuinethey pressed questions on us bháigh siad le ceisteanna muid → see press

Phrases and Examples in other entries

heavily »

she pressed heavily on it luigh sí go trom air
on »

put it up on top of the press cuir suas ar bharr an chófra é, cuir in airde ar an gcófra é
press »

press on the pedal brúigh ar an troitheán
press »

try a light press on the screen triail brú éadrom ar an scáileán
up »

it's up on top of the press tá sé thuas ar bharr an chófra

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