Keep On

Definition: Keep On

Keep On

Verb

1. Allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could".

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Synonyms: Keep On

Caution

Keep out of harm's way, keep out of troubled waters; keep at a respectful distance, stand aloof; keep on the safe side, be on the safe side.

Continuance in action

Verb: continue, persist; go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on; abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course; carry on, keep up.

Sustain, uphold, hold up, keep on foot; follow up, perpetuate; maintain; preserve; a; harp upon; (repeat).

Disuse

Verb: not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve. lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, keep on the shelf,lay up in ordinary; lay up in a napkin; shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done with; supersede; discard; (eject); dismiss, give warning.

Frequency

Verb: recur; do nothing but; keep, keep on.

Health

Keep body and soul together, keep on one's legs; enjoy good health, enjoy a good state of health; have a clean bill of health.

Perseverance

Verb: persevere, persist; hold on, hold out; die in the last ditch, be in at the death; stick to, cling to, adhere to; stick to one's text, keep on; keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground; go all lengths, go through fire and water; bear up, keep up, hold up; plod; stick to work; (work); continue; follow up; die in harness, die at one's post.

Preparation

Guard against, make sure against; forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest; lay in provisions; make investments; keep on foot.

Preservation

Verb: preserve, maintain, keep, sustain, support, hold; keep up, keep alive; refrigerate, keep on ice;not willingly let die; bank up; nurse; save, rescue; be safe, make safe; take care of; (care); guard; (defend).

Provision

Have in store, have in reserve; keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand; have to fall back upon; store; provide against a rainy day; (economy).

Support

Maintain, keep on foot; aid.

Crosswords: Keep On

You just gotta keep on livin', man (Dazed and Confused; writing credit: Richard Linklater)

Are the fires of hell a-glowing? Yes, the danger must be growing 'cause the rowers keep on rowing (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; writing credit: Roald Dahl)

And the hits just keep on coming (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

And I tried to endure that as long as I possibly could, you see. Just want me to keep on talking, don't you (Klute; writing credit: Andy Lewis; Dave Lewis)

You'll have to keep on your toes every minute (Catch-22; writing credit: Buck Henry)

Grown men keep on cryin get mo' tissue (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez)

Keep on tryin' just a little bit ("Respect"; performing artist: Aretha Franklin)

You keep on passin' me by (Hottie; performing artist: Ashley Ballard)

Oh you just keep on using me until you use me up (Use Me; performing artist: Bill Withers)

Proud Mary keep on burnin' ("Proud Mary"; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

My aim is that when my hands will work no longer, that the works of my hands will still continue to keep on working. (references; author: unknown)

Keep on 'Rockin (1969)

The Jewish Gospel Singer Keep on Walking: Joshua Nelson (2000)

Garth Brooks: And the Hits Just Keep On Comin' (1995)

Keep on Running (1990)

Keep On Loving You (performing artist: REO Speedwagon)

Keep On Dancing (performing artist: The Gentrys)

Keep On Pushing (performing artist: The Impressions)

Keep On Smilin' (performing artist: Wet Willie)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Keep on Smilin: A Bendy Legs Book (reference)

• My Life and The Paradise Garage : Keep On Dancin' (reference)

• Keep on Knocking: A History of the Labour Movement in Zimbabwe, 1900-1997 (reference)

• Oh How Can I Keep On Singing?: Voices of Pioneer Women (reference)

• Keep on Kicking As Long As You're Ticking (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Dragon Tales - Keep on Trying (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Keep on Making a Way (reference)

• You Have To Keep On (reference)

• Keep on Moving-Best of Angelique Kidjo (reference)

• Keep on Doing (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

O.K., if you both want to keep on eating that indigestible stuff!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Keep on truckin' --. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer

The wind is blowing, that dark ship must keep on her destined course

Maybe we better keep on the back roads

Keep on your own track, then

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Demand in the apparel market is correlated with GDP and currently Argentina is experiencing a recession, thus general demand is down. However, unofficial appraisals for future growth prospects show that exports would keep on increasing and that imports could moderately rise during 2000 and gradually regain the previous year’s import levels. (references)

Economic History

Bahrain

On June 20, 2001 the commercial companies law No. 28 of 1975 was amended by legislative Decree No. 21 for 2001. The law, made up of 382 clauses, will streamline moves already taken by Bahrain when it joined the GATT agreement and enable it to keep on top of the challenges and changes which are having global effects under the World Trade Organization. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "keep on": keep on an even keel ♦ keep on and on at ♦ keep on at ♦ keep on doing ♦ keep on foot ♦ keep on good terms with ♦ keep on hand ♦ keep on ice ♦ keep on talking ♦ keep on the alert ♦ keep on the right side of ♦ keep on the safe side ♦ To keep on. Additional references.

Albanian

vazhdoj (carry on, carry over, continue, extend, go ahead, go on, hold on, hold over, keep, maintain, pick up, press on, proceed, prosecute, pursue, push on, run, spread), mbaj (attach, Bate, bear, breed, carry, deduct, enshrine, force upon, get off, give, have, have smth. on, hold, keep, maintain, man, perform, pitch, preserve, refrain, respect, retain, save, support, sustain, wear, withhold). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لزم (enjoin, hold, stick to), ‏تابع في, ‏إستمر (continue, drive up, endure, get back, get going, get on, go ahead, go in, go on, hold, hold on, keep, keep going, last, persist, run on smth., sew on, subsist, take, wear out). (various references)

Breton

kendalc'hit. (various references)

Bulgarian 

продължавам (carry on, continue, extend, go ahead, go on, keep, last, lengthen, proceed, produce, prolong, prosecute, protract, push on, reach, resume, spread, stretch). (various references)

Chinese 

百折不�'" (be indomitable, be undaunted by repeated setbacks, keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks). (various references)

Czech

pokraèovat (carry on, continue, get on, get on with, go, go on, hold, proceed, take up), nechat si na sobì. (various references)

Danish

vare (continue, endure, last). (various references)

Dutch

voortduren (continue, endure, last), standhouden (confront, continue, endure, last, stand up to, withstand), duren (continue, endure, last), beklýven (continue, endure, last), aanhouden (adjourn, arrest, continue, delay, endure, halt, hold, hold in abeyance, keep ... burning, last, persevere, persist, postpone, procrastinate, pursue one's point, stop). (various references)

Esperanto

daŭri (continue, endure, last). (various references)

Faeroese

vara (commodity, continue, endure, last, merchandise, wares). (various references)

Finnish

kestää (bear, continue, endure, last, stand, suffer, undergo, wear, withstand), jatkaa (add a piece to, carry on, continue, extend, go on, join, lengthen, proceed, proceed with, resume, scarf). (various references)

French

durer, continuer (keep, keep going, keep the ball rolling). (various references)

Frisian

duorje (continue, endure, last). (various references)

German

anbehalten (leave on). (various references)

Greek 

εξακολουθώ (carry on, continue, go on, keep, persist). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"משיך לעשות (keep, run on). (various references)

Hungarian

kitart (hold on, insist, last out, persevere, to carry on, to hang in there, to hold on, to hold out, to hold to, to last, to last out, to maintain one's point, to persist in, to stick by), továbbcsinálja, tart (bore, borne, continue, endure, head for, hold, keep, last, make for, sustain, tend, to bear, to check, to cultivate, to hold out, to keep back, to keep off, to make for, to regard, to support, to sustain, trend, uphold). (various references)

Indonesian

mewaspadai (keep on guard against), berganti-ganti (by turns, keep on changing, take turns). (various references)

Italian

proseguire (carry on, continue, go on, prosecute, pursue), durare (clamp, continue, endure, go on, halt, hold, hold out, keep, last, persist, stand, survive, uphold, wear), continuare (continue, go, go on, hold, keep, last, pick up, ply, press on, proceed, proceed with, prosecute, push on, stand). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

続ける (to continue, to keep on, to keep up). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たちづめ (keep on standing), つづける (to continue, to keep on, to keep up). (various references)

Manx

faagail (abandon, bequeath, depart, descend, disembark, ditch, flitting, forsake, give up, hand down, leave, leaving, maroon, outgoing, quit, quitting, relinquish, retire, season; vacating, seasoning, strand, throw over). (various references)

Papiamen

dura (continue, endure, last). (various references)

Pig Latin

eepkay onay.(various references)

Polish

trwać (continue, endure, last). (various references)

Portuguese

continuar (abide, carry on, continue, endure, go ahead, go along, go on, hold on, keep, last, lengthen, maintain, proceed, proceed with, progress, prolong, prosecute, run, stay). (various references)

Romanian

nu se opri, nu scoate, menţine (abide by, continue, keep, maintain, remain, retain), continua (bide, carry on, carry through, continue, follow, go on, hold, keep, keep it up, keep up, last, persist, play off, proceed, prosecute, pursue, resume). (various references)

Russian 

продолжать (carry on, continue, continue in, continue to, continue with, follow up, go ahead, go on, keep to, porceeded, proceed, prolong). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zadržati nešto u postojećem stanju, nastaviti (carry forward, carry on, continue, follow up, get on with, go ahead, go on, keep up, move along, move on). (various references)

Slovene

naprej (further). (various references)

Spanish

durar (continue, endure, hold out, hold up, last, last out, linger, live out), continuar (carry on, continue, drag on, endure, get along with smth., go on, hold, keep, keep up, last, last out, proceed with, pursue, push on, remain, resume, sustain). (various references)

Swedish

inte ta av sig, fortsätta (carry on, come on, continue, go on, keep, keep going, move on, pass on, persevere, persist, proceed, proceeding, take up), behålla på. (various references)

Turkish

sürdürmek (carry on, continue, elongate, follow, go ahead with smth., keep, keep going, keep the ball rolling, keep up, lead, maintain, perpetuate, persist, prolong, prosecute, pursue, remain, support, sustain, uphold, wage), devam etmek (attend, carry forward, carry over, continue, draw, endure, follow on, get along, go ahead, go ahead with smth., go along, go on, hang over, hold, keep at, keep going, keep up, last, pass on, persist, proceed, progress, prosecute, pursue, push, run on, stand, stand to), çalıştırmaya devam etmek, çıkarmamak (leave on, shut in). (various references)

Ukrainian

продовжувати (carry, carry on, continue, elongate, go ahead, go along, go on, proceed, produce, prolong, prolongate, prosecute, protract, pursue, resume). (various references)

Zulu

-qhubeka (continue, endure, last). (various references)

continuo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: pekoe.

-2 letters: keen, keep, keno, knee, knop, neep, nope, open, peek, peen, peke, peon, poke, pone.

-3 letters: eke, eon, ken, kep, kop, nee, oke, one, ope, pee, pen.

-4 letters: en, ne, no, oe, on, op, pe.

+2 letters: bespoken, respoken.

+3 letters: kinescope, spokesmen.

+4 letters: forespoken, kinescoped, kinescopes, leukopenia, leukopenic, nonspeaker, outkeeping, pokinesses.

+5 letters: bookkeeping, kinetoscope, leukopenias, nonspeakers, phoenixlike, pocketknife, spokeswomen.