keep going
English
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Verb
editkeep going (third-person singular simple present keeps going, present participle keeping going, simple past and past participle kept going)
- (intransitive) To continue functioning.
- The grandfather clock keeps going for over a week without winding.
- (transitive) To proceed; to make progress, physically or figuratively.
- 2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC[1]:
- The Gunners have never gone out of the FA Cup in the third round under Arsene Wenger and never lost to a lower division side, two impressive runs they kept going at Elland Road on an evening that was fraught with potential dangers.
- (transitive) To see that (a person) is continually supplied with something, or that they can progress or carry on.
- I didn't think I could run any longer, but fear kept me going.
- I'll put all this meat in my freezer, and it'll keep me going for many months.
- 1984, Agnes Owens, Gentlemen of the West:
- […] he was generous when he had the cash. Many a time he kept me going in drink through the week when I was stuck for the ready […]
Translations
editTo continue functioning.
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To make progress, physically or figuratively.
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To see that a person is continually supplied with something.