Keep on

verb

verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To persist or continue. idiomatic, transitive

    "Keep on trucking!"

  2. 2
    allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature wordnet
  3. 3
    To persist in talking about a subject to the annoyance of the listener. idiomatic, intransitive

    "For goodness sake, will you stop keeping on about it!"

  4. 4
    To cause or allow to remain in an existing position. idiomatic, transitive

    "The new boss would like to keep the present secretary on."

  5. 5
    To cause or allow to remain in an existing position.; To cause or allow to remain in the on or open position. idiomatic, transitive

    "Should I turn off this light or keep it on?"

Synonyms

All synonyms
abidebidecarrycarry oncease notcontinue

Example

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"The young woman kept on down Front Street, Warwick maintaining his distance a few rods behind her."

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