keep on

About 3.70 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To persist or continue.

   Keep on trucking!

2. verb To persist in talking about a subject, perhaps to the annoyance of the listener.

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

3. verb To cause or allow to remain in an existing position.

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

4. verb To cause or allow to remain in the on or open position.

   Should I turn off this light or keep it on?

Similar words

keep continue go on retain proceed go along keep at stick to persist stay the course

Word family

keeping on keeps on kept on