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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Example Sentences

He added: "The tanker Grinch will leave French waters after shelling out several million euros and three weeks of costly immobilisation at Fos-sur-Mer. Let's keep it up."

From BBC

"He would not disclose his name but he sent me a picture of himself and it was just some random bloke. I just told him, 'Keep it up - I love it!'"

From BBC

“I know we weren’t supposed to say things about how you look,” Joanne said, “but I put down graceful anyway because I always notice how you stand up very straight and walk like some kind of dancer. I don’t know if you can keep it up, but if you can I think people will always admire the way you stand and walk.”

From Literature

It was really hard, walking back to my seat now that I was famous for it—but I knew if I did it now, with everybody watching, I could probably keep it up for the rest of my life and, if Joanne was right, be admired forever.

From Literature

If Imogene could keep it up, I thought, till she got to be civilized, if that ever happened, she could be almost anything she wanted to be in life.

From Literature