Plugging

Thanks to modern technology, loading music on your device is nearly as simple as plugging it into your computer.

Have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?

We kept plugging away.

Tom kept plugging away.

We had been trained with the notion that as long as you had plenty of options left, don’t give up, just keep on plugging.

We just have to keep plugging away.

You've got to keep plugging away.

My apartment has a very convenient bathroom. You just press a button and wait until a sound effect announces that there's enough water in the tub. Today, however, a different sound than usual played. When I entered the bathroom, I was met with an empty bathtub. I must've pressed the button without plugging the tub drain first. The electronic system apparently noticed that I hadn't put the stopper in the drain and, not wanting to waste water, notified me about my carelessness.

We tried a few different pluggings.