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 show kept going on as the five or six protesters walked down the runway intermittently among the models, shouting about not killing sheep. Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 13 Sep. 2026 Pegula kept going, trying to use her flat power down the middle of the court. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Micron stock has been directionally better since its recent swoon as the outlook for AI memory demand just keeps going up and up. Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026 Our simple equation, for example, has the solutions and , which are irrational; their digits begin and keep going forever without repeating. Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 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 22 Sep. 2026.

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