keep going
v 1: continue uninterrupted; "The disease will run on unchecked";
"The party kept going until 4 A.M." [syn: run on]
2: suffice for a period between two points; "This money will
keep us going for another year" [syn: tide over, bridge
over]
3: allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue
several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The
family's fortune waned and they could not keep their
household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot
keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"
[syn: retain, continue, keep, keep on]
4: be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this
store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long
as he could" [syn: patronize, patronise, patronage,
support]
WordNet (r) 2.0
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "keep going":
abide, bide, carry on, cease not, continue, drag on, endure,
extend, go along, go on, hold, hold on, hold steady, jog on, keep,
keep alive, keep at, keep at it, keep busy, keep driving,
keep moving, keep on, keep trying, keep up, last, lengthen, linger,
maintain, never cease, not accept compromise, peg away, perpetuate,
persevere, persist, plug away, preserve, prolong, protract, remain,
retain, run on, slog on, stagger on, stay, stay on, sustain,
tarry
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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