keep going
English
Verb
keep 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.
- (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.
- Agnes Owens
- […] 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 […]
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