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Phrase(s): chug along
1. Lit. [for a train engine] to labor along slowly. (Steam locomotives made the sound "chug, chug.") • The train chugged along to the top of the hill. 2. Fig. to move along at a steady pace. • We chugged along for two hours but finally made it home.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs