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.

Examples of keep going in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The driver kept going after hitting Williams, leaving her face-down in the street. Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2024 His neighbors had complained that their mail kept going missing. Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024 Stars that orbit closer to the black hole within 0.01 parsecs most likely will crash and keep going only losing their outer layers. Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024 During her performances, Martell would be heckled and called racist names, but Singleton told her to keep going and try to not address the audience. Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024 Little bells keep going off in my legs, which feel as if they have been painted by Salvador Dali. Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024 But hope encourages me to keep going, to push beyond the limits of my own home, my own family, and—just as books and films do—to broaden the horizons of my life. Megan Hunter, Vogue, 6 Apr. 2024 That kept going in that fashion until maybe The Shield. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024 But there's something huge going on with what is in the show, and that may have something to do with why people keep going back to it. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024

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“Keep going.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20going. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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