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keep going en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To continue functioning; to maintain.
    • The grandfather clock keeps going for over a week without winding.
  2. (transitive) To proceed; to make progress, physically or figuratively.
    • 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. 2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC:
  3. (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.
    • […] 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 […] 1984, Agnes Owens, Gentlemen of the West:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
keeping going Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kept going Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kept going Tense=Past lexicographic
keeps going Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (2)

fr continuer de faire (To make progress, physically or figuratively.) · fr continuer de fonctionner (To continue functioning.)