keep on
Britishverb
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to continue or persist in (doing something)
keep on running
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(tr) to continue to wear
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(tr) to continue to employ
the firm kept on only ten men
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to persist in talking (about)
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to nag (a person)
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Continue, persist, as in They kept on singing all night . [Late 1500s]
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Maintain an existing situation, as in After Mr. Brown died, the housekeeper wondered if she would be kept on . [Mid-1600s]
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Cause to stay on or remain attached, as in Keep your coat on; it's cold in here . [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
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Protests have erupted over bugs being found in the detention center's food, W said, while lights are kept on 24 hours a day, making it difficult to sleep.
From Barron's
Carol Sobel, a longtime L.A. civil rights attorney, said that images — no matter how disturbing — are generally protected by the 1st Amendment when kept on a personal phone rather than a department-issued device.
From Los Angeles Times
Shares of Strategy sank to near a two-year low on Thursday and kept on falling after hours as the company, the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, reported a fourth-quarter loss of more than $12 billion.
From MarketWatch
And the Wonders started right on our own front porch on a hot summer night I would have forgotten on the spot if it hadn’t been for what got started then and kept on going.
From Literature
“I know it hurts,” he said, “but we must keep on trying.”
From Literature
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