keep going

verb

kept going; keeping going; keeps going
1
: to continue moving forward
He walked right past me and just kept going.
2
: to continue doing something
I was ready to give up on the search, but they convinced me to keep going.

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The problem is that the stock's valuation already assumes all of that keeps going, at a moment when the growth driver behind it (the AI-era power generation boom) is facing its first regulatory pushback. — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 Nobody was careless; the authorization lived in the payer's portal, the sessions lived in the scheduler, and no system owned the job of noticing that one had ended while the other kept going. — Jp Montoya, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Who can afford to pay down debt when basics like food, gas and rent keep going up? — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Each new thing has given me a confidence to keep going further. — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for keep going

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“Keep going.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20going. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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