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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His widow, Louise Archambault Greaves, kept going with the project until her death, in 2023, at ninety; now Greaves’s son David (one of the project’s cameramen) and David’s daughter Liani, are moving ahead with it.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
That baby grand has become a beautiful metaphor of encouragement, support, and the need to keep going.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
The instructor tells everyone to keep going.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Everyone pray for these people going out Today, pray for their strength to keep going.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
That baby grand has become a beautiful metaphor of encouragement, support, and the need to keep going.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
The instructor tells everyone to keep going.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Everyone pray for these people going out Today, pray for their strength to keep going.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
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 29 Sep. 2025.
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