keep going

Meanings

verbkeep going (third-person singular simple present keeps going, present participle keeping going, simple past and past participle kept going)

present singular third person keeps going · participle present keeping going · participle past kept going · past kept going

intransitiveTo continue functioning; to maintain.
The grandfather clock keeps going for over a week without winding.
transitiveTo proceed; to make progress, physically or figuratively.
The Gunners have never gone out of the FA Cup in the third round under Arsene Wenger and never lost to a lower division side, two impressive runs they kept going at Elland Road on an evening that was fraught with potential dangers.
2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC
transitiveTo see that (a person) is continually supplied with something, or that they can progress or carry on.
I didn't think I could run any longer, but fear kept me going.
2 more examples
I'll put all this meat in my freezer, and it'll keep me going for many months.
[…] he was generous when he had the cash. Many a time he kept me going in drink through the week when I was stuck for the ready […]
1984, Agnes Owens, Gentlemen of the West