Meaning of keep on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To persist or continue.
   idiomatic, transitive
2. To persist in talking about a subject to the annoyance of the listener.
   idiomatic, intransitive
3. To cause or allow to remain in an existing position.
   idiomatic, transitive
4. To cause or allow to remain in the on or open position.
   idiomatic, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Keep on trucking!”

“Mum, Jimmy keeps on poking me!”

“The young woman kept on down Front Street, Warwick maintaining his distance a few rods behind her.”

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

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

“The charge against Zagallo then is not so much that he started Ronaldo, but that when it should surely have been clear that the player was in no fit state to take part he kept him on.”

“Should I turn off this light or keep it on?”

“Should I shut off this water or keep it on?”

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