keep on
phrasal verb
kept on; keeping on; keeps on
1
informal
: to continue happening, doing something, working, etc.
The rain kept on throughout the day.
He talked and talked. At one point I thought he would keep on all night.
She kept on talking after I told her to be quiet.
2
: to continue to have (someone) as an employee
The chef was kept on even after the restaurant was sold.
Examples of keep on in a Sentence
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Linda Perry wrote and produced all four songs for this, the latest in a series of EPs that Ringo Starr began recording during the pandemic and is keeping on with well into the 2020s.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 10 May 2024
Fortunately, there are ways to prolong the life of cut flowers so your Mother's Day gift can keep on giving for a while longer.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
To find out what grip exercises can—and can’t—do for your body, keep on reading.
—SELF, 7 May 2024
Administrative regulations associated with the policy would require that phones not be kept on students during instructional hours, and that each school or classroom designate a place students would put their devices before the start of class.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 4 May 2024
But Post’s Country Squares weren’t ready to be released, and the company kept on tinkering with the recipe in its food laboratories.
—Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024
With the consent of their families, the patients were kept on a ventilator so that researchers could assess the viability of the pig organs.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 24 Apr. 2024
She was temporarily kept on life support to prepare her organs for donation.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024
States should keep on trying new approaches to see what works.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 20 Apr. 2024
Chris Willman, Variety, 10 May 2024
Fortunately, there are ways to prolong the life of cut flowers so your Mother's Day gift can keep on giving for a while longer.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
To find out what grip exercises can—and can’t—do for your body, keep on reading.
—SELF, 7 May 2024
Administrative regulations associated with the policy would require that phones not be kept on students during instructional hours, and that each school or classroom designate a place students would put their devices before the start of class.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 4 May 2024
But Post’s Country Squares weren’t ready to be released, and the company kept on tinkering with the recipe in its food laboratories.
—Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024
With the consent of their families, the patients were kept on a ventilator so that researchers could assess the viability of the pig organs.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 24 Apr. 2024
She was temporarily kept on life support to prepare her organs for donation.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024
States should keep on trying new approaches to see what works.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 20 Apr. 2024
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“Keep on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20on. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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