keep going
phrasal verb
kept going; keeping going; keeps going
1
: to continue moving forward
He walked right past me and just kept going.
2
: to continue doing something
I was ready to give up on the search, but they convinced me to keep going.
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Learning about millions of people in the West rooting for their success may be part of the spiritual fuel protesters need to keep going.
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Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
But over the past year, memes about Agartha—a mystical, underground city in the center of the Earth full of flaxen-haired, blue-eyed people—kept going viral and have become a staple of the youth internet.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
The van kept going and was gone by the time police arrived.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
These days, the Academy seems decidedly less interested in recognizing films that keep going back to the well, so to speak.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
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Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
But over the past year, memes about Agartha—a mystical, underground city in the center of the Earth full of flaxen-haired, blue-eyed people—kept going viral and have become a staple of the youth internet.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
The van kept going and was gone by the time police arrived.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
These days, the Academy seems decidedly less interested in recognizing films that keep going back to the well, so to speak.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for keep going
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“Keep going.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20going. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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