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keep after

  1. Make a persistent effort regarding; also, persistently urge someone to do something. For example, We'll have to keep after the cobwebs, or He won't get anything done unless you keep after him. Also see keep at, def. 2.



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“My wife can see that I’m off but I don’t have the what or the why that I’m feeling this way to allow her to help me. To my peeps out there staring at a blank wall, I’m with you. Tomorrow is another day. Another opportunity. Keep after it.”

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“As long as we keep after it the way that we have, coming to the practice field, coming to the meetings the right way, then we’ll get the quality that we’re after… This was a tough one tonight.”

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“I don’t know why it hasn’t happened, but I’m not going to quit. I’m going to stick with it and just keep after it. And hopefully, it’ll pop one day.”

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“This is something that we’re going to keep after both in the near term and the long term.”

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Twitch recently outlined upcoming changes to how creators will be able to make money on the platform, reducing the percentage of revenue top streamers can keep after they hit $100,000 and increasing an emphasis on advertising.

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