keep going
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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The group kept going, relocating to North Carolina and shedding the Eternal Values name in favor of a construction company called the Lotus Group—a thin veneer of normalcy stretched over the same dynamics.
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Jp Mangalindan, Time, 1 June 2026
And from then on, the number keeps going down, and the eggs keep aging.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 31 May 2026
The real win was learning how to be a different version of myself — one who could commit fully and keep going even when my body (and mind) begged me to stop.
—Kristy Ellmer, CNBC, 31 May 2026
He’s made his way into the backrooms and finds that the place keeps going, offering up illogical doorways and holes in the floor.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 May 2026
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Jp Mangalindan, Time, 1 June 2026
And from then on, the number keeps going down, and the eggs keep aging.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 31 May 2026
The real win was learning how to be a different version of myself — one who could commit fully and keep going even when my body (and mind) begged me to stop.
—Kristy Ellmer, CNBC, 31 May 2026
He’s made his way into the backrooms and finds that the place keeps going, offering up illogical doorways and holes in the floor.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 May 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 3 Jun. 2026.
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