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 get-in price for Finals games in New York is astronomical and keeps going up. Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 June 2026 The biennial in 2027 will end; Bukhara will keep going. News Desk, Artforum, 4 June 2026 Cyrus fell at one point during the chase but kept going. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 June 2026 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. Jp Mangalindan, Time, 1 June 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 11 Jun. 2026.

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