keep on
v : 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 going]
WordNet (r) 2.0
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "keep on":
abide, bide, carry on, cease not, continue, continue to be,
defeat time, defy time, drag on, dwell, endure, exist, extend,
go along, go on, hold, hold on, hold out, hold steady, jog on,
keep, keep at, keep at it, keep busy, keep driving, keep going,
keep moving, keep trying, keep up, last, last long, last out,
linger, live, live on, live through, maintain, never cease,
not accept compromise, peg away, perdure, perennate, persevere,
persist, plug away, prevail, remain, run, run on, slog on,
stagger on, stand, stay, stay on, subsist, survive, sustain, tarry,
tide over, wear, wear well
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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