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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At this current juncture, Duplantis just keeps going up and up and up.
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Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
However long this world keeps going, there will never be anyone else like her in it.
—Sara Stridsberg
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Officers tried to stop the Jeep, but the driver kept going, leading to a brief chase into Fort Worth, police said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
Like other big tech names, Oracle is betting much of its future on the promise that demand for computing capacity will keep going up as generative AI ushers in some kind of as-yet-undefined revolution.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
However long this world keeps going, there will never be anyone else like her in it.
—Sara Stridsberg
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Officers tried to stop the Jeep, but the driver kept going, leading to a brief chase into Fort Worth, police said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
Like other big tech names, Oracle is betting much of its future on the promise that demand for computing capacity will keep going up as generative AI ushers in some kind of as-yet-undefined revolution.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Keep going.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20going. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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