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keep going



Definitions

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keep going
     1. v. (intransitive) To continue functioning.
           The grandfather clock keeps going for over a week without winding.
     2. v. To proceed; to make progress, physically or figuratively.
Analysis
keep
     1. v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
           to keep silence;  to keep one's word;  to keep possession
     2. v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
     3. v.          To maintain possession of.
                   I keep a small stock of painkillers for emergencies.
going
     1. v. present participle of go
     2. n. A departure.
     3. n. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
           The going was very difficult over the ice.
     4. n. progress
     go
          1. v. To move:
          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
                        Why don’t you go with us?   This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago.   Chris, where are you going? &nbs
          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
                         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.

Example Sentences

The ability to keep going no matter what happens. 
But now I feel I'm doing well and I'm motivated to keep going
It will keep going and going, and soon reach dramatic proportions. 
They keep going and are very stoic about the whole thing. 



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