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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Mark every point where somebody prints, exports, faxes, signs, scans or retypes information, and keep going after the data leaves the application. — Karan Alang, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Guard Emma Christiana made a great play by stealing an inbounds pass, then kept going toward the wrong end of the court. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Higher prices mean many big-cap oil and gas stocks keep going higher. — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026 But if the test flights in Albuquerque keep going well, airline passengers could someday soon look out airport windows to see roboplanes taking to the skies, with no one looking back. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 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 12 Nov. 2026.

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