keep on

phrasal verb

kept on; keeping on; keeps on

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.

: 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

Recent Examples on the Web The town is actually no more than a collection of tents talked up by property speculators, but with the war between the states laying waste to the Southeast, those wagons keep on coming. —

Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2024 What to do with too much zucchini in your garden Zucchini is the late-season garden gift that keeps on giving. —

Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2024 Fallon has for the past few seasons kept on producing a Friday show even as his competitors gave up on the practice. —

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024 Margaret Qualley plays her younger self born as a result in a movie that gleefully goes off the tracks and keeps on going. —

Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for keep on

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