kept (on)

verb

Definition of kept (on)next
past tense of keep (on)
1
as in held on

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2
as in signed (up or on)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kept (on)
  1. held on
  2. employed
  3. kicked
  4. took on
  5. ran on
  6. retained
  7. continued
  8. recruited
Verb
  • The team didn’t address the position in the draft or free agency, but the organization held on to tackle Cody Ford — who has lost 40 pounds — as a backup while giving him a pay cut.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Ewing cut down another from left field moments later, and the New York Mets held on for a 2-1 victory Monday night.
    — CBS New York Team, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of held on
Verb
  • Some 200,000 people employed by Michoacán’s avocado industry were left in limbo.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • As a result of those conversations and further review, the employee responsible for the act is no longer employed by the City of Golden Fire Department.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of employed
Verb
  • Jacob Cowing returned a punt for an 83-yard touchdown, Eddy Pineiro kicked a pair of field goals and the San Francisco 49ers beat the Los Angeles Chargers 41-17 on Thursday night in a preseason game.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Turning an electric motor into a launcher Lai kicked things off by explaining that the basic principles behind Auriga’s system were already well established.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of kicked
Verb
  • As Kierny admonished both sides to follow the court’s rules, Davis took on prosecutor Michael DiGiacomo directly.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The Mothers of East Los Angeles — the legendary women’s group that took on Eastside politicos in the 1980s and 1990s — was born in Resurrection’s pews.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of took on
Verb
  • Paramount+ is also streaming all eight episodes of the first season, which ran on BET+ and BET previously, free on their YouTube channel.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
  • The 2022 World Cup, the clearest expression of the strategy, ran on migrant labor whose reforms the International Labour Organization called real and whose enforcement Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said lagged.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of ran on
Verb
  • George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich in their own corruption cases, and former Department of Justice criminal chief Brent Wible have also been retained.
    — Hannah Meisel, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Special touches added by Gail have been retained, including an eccentric serpent mosaic based on a design by Frank Zappa himself.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of retained
Verb
  • As the investigation and suspect search continued, police said that SWAT officers and drones were also deployed to assist.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Trade between the two countries had been expanding even as the US continued tightening sanctions on the regime.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of continued
Verb
  • At a science standards adoption in Texas in 2021, an oil and gas industry group recruited volunteers to participate in the process.
    — Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Tottenham have recruited six players, all of whom played in the Premier League last season.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of recruited
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“Kept (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kept%20%28on%29. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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