keeps one's nose to grindstone (verb) keep one's nose to the grindstone: work doggedly
Sinonime: bounded, civic,
confined, district, divisional, geographical,
insular,
legendary,
limited,
narrow,
neighborhood, parish, parochial, provincial, regional, sectarian, sectional, small-town, territorial,
town,
vernacularAntonime: foreign, nonnative