plugged (away)

verb

Definition of plugged (away)next
past tense of plug (away)
as in pegged (away)

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  1. carried on
  2. ground
  3. pitched in
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  • His son Robin Birley carried on the tradition with the opening of 5 Hertford Street in 2018 and his beautiful restaurant Oswald’s, where members can keep their own wines in dedicated drawers.
    — Mark Cecil, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026
  • At its peak, PTL was bringing in more than $128 million annually and was carried on 1,300 cable systems with 12 million subscribers.
    — Ronnie Glassberg, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of carried on
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  • Jazz, for those who missed it, was confused as to why Yankees fans booed the hell out of him after grounding out in the bottom of the ninth.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The second baseman popped out and later nearly grounded into a season-ending double play in the ninth but narrowly beat out the throw to first.
    — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of ground
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  • Murphy pitched in the low minors for two organizations and for two independent teams before retiring to become a college coach at Maryville, Claremont-Mudd, Notre Dame and Arizona State.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Naheda attends tenth grade in a tent pitched in a school courtyard.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of pitched in
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“Plugged (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plugged%20%28away%29. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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