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to keep working at something — especially despite difficulties
- But Mr. Fowler being a persevering man, as a good seaman should be, blockaded the house, and having met you succeeded by certain arguments, metallic or otherwise, in convincing you that your interests were the same as his.Adventure XII — The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (97% in)
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