keep going

phrasal verb

kept going; keeping going; keeps going

: to continue moving forward

He walked right past me and just kept going.

: to continue doing something

I was ready to give up on the search, but they convinced me to keep going.

Examples of keep going in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The throw from catcher Christian Bethancourt sailed into center field, and McKinstry kept going, but he was thrown out at the plate by center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. The Marlins evened the score in the fifth. —

Miami Herald, 14 May 2024 Rios supported her, guided her and motivated her to keep going. —

Nadia Cantú, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2024 The bomb kept going until the second day in the morning. —

CBS News, 12 May 2024 He’s lost his family and his purpose and sees no reason to keep going. —

Chris Bellamy and Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 10 May 2024 That trend might have kept going if not for the pandemic, which shuttered campuses nationwide and sent millions of students to learn remotely. —

Byirina Ivanova, Fortune, 9 May 2024 There’s the creeping self-doubt that sometimes arises, or the inner engine to keep going into OVERDRIVE. —

Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024 Our eyes keep going back and forth between her arches and her warm glowy blush. —

Annie Blay, Allure, 6 May 2024 Lesson 4: Rethink your definition of success, and keep going Twenty years ago, the goal of the Camden Coalition was to help their medically complex patients stay out of the E.R. and out of the hospital — provide better health care for less cost. —

Leslie Walker, NPR, 3 May 2024

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