keep going

1. 1.

   continue uninterrupted

   “The disease will run on unchecked”

   “The party kept going until 4 A.M.”

   Synonymsrun on

   Broadercontinue
2. 2.

   suffice for a period between two points

   “This money will keep us going for another year”

   Synonymstide overbridge over

   Broadersuffice
3. 3.

   be a regular customer or client of

   “We patronize this store”

   “Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could”

   Synonymspatronizepatronisepatronagesupport

   Broaderfoster

Questions about keep going

What does keep going mean?

keep going means "continue uninterrupted". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for keep going?

Close synonyms include run on, tide over, bridge over, patronize, patronise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is keep going a common word?

keep going is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.