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keep it up

Idioms  
  1. Continue to do or maintain something, as in They were playing loud music, and they kept it up all night long. [Mid-1700s] Also see keep up, def. 4.


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Yeah, I keep it up with a tutor on Fridays!

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"The truth is, we've been playing well, but we have to keep it up because the past doesn't matter. What matters is the future."

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

He has good reason to keep it up.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2025

“It was another layer of that belief that if you keep it up, it’s going to come. I’m proud of the guys because they got punched in the mouth at the beginning, but they responded.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

They could keep it up until my head spun.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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