keep on

verb

kept on; keeping on; keeps on

1

informal : to continue happening, doing something, working, etc.

The rain kept on throughout the day.

He talked and talked. At one point I thought he would keep on all night.

She kept on talking after I told her to be quiet.

2

: to continue to have (someone) as an employee

The chef was kept on even after the restaurant was sold.

Examples of keep on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As long as the elementary principles of supply-and-demand continue to hold sway, the invisible hand of the marketplace will keep on flipping the bird to the naysayers. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026

From there, the GB&I team just kept on coming, and the Americans missed a series of putts and struggled to maintain their composure. — Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Ohio State, fresh off winning a national title with a twenty-million-dollar payroll, kept on buying separation from most of its peers. — Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Its fast 180-hertz refresh rate, paired with a 1ms response time, keeps on-screen action razor-sharp, and AMD FreeSync technology eliminates tearing and stuttering. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for keep on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon