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keep after

Idioms

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.

Example Sentences

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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.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2023

The No. 1 thing readers said we should keep after the pandemic was everything virtual.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2021

Several believed the potatoes had earned their keep after the rampant growth.

From Fox News • Jul. 7, 2020

Jagger and Richards were ready to ditch the song, but Oldham urged them to keep after it.

From Slate • May 10, 2016

Most times she’d just get mad and keep after me nonstop and complain about everything I did.

From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023