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keep going |
1. v. (intransitive) To continue functioning. |
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The grandfather clock keeps going for over a week without winding. |
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2. v. To proceed; to make progress, physically or figuratively. |
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keep |
1. v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain. |
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to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession |
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2. v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something. |
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3. v. To maintain possession of. |
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I keep a small stock of painkillers for emergencies. |
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going |
1. v. present participle of go |
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2. n. A departure. |
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3. n. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc. |
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The going was very difficult over the ice. |
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4. n. progress |
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go |
1. v. To move: |
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2. v. (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like |
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Why don’t you go with us? This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago. Chris, where are you going? &nbs |
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3. v. (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's m |
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Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell. |
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