keep on trucking

A form of keep on truckin' — To continue or persist, regardless of circumstances or setbacks; to keep trying or striving.

Meanings

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

present singular third person keeps on trucking · participle present keeping on trucking · participle past kept on trucking · past kept on trucking

  1. alternativeAlternative form of keep on truckin'.
    1 more example

    But, unlike those weapons, which could sustain high speeds in the 40s of knots in short bursts, the Type 93, whilst still being somewhat faster than them, could keep on trucking right out to 22,000 yards. At a more mundane 36 knots, it would run twice as far with its near-eleven-hundred-pound warhead. For the first time in the dreadnought era, a nation had a torpedo that could legitimately be fired, not only beyond the practical range of enemy guns, but also beyond the absolute range limits of practically any battleship gun then in service, at least in the slower speed setting, whilst also being near-invisible, due to the almost complete absence of exhaust gasses.

    2021 January 20, Drachinifel, 8:15 from the start, in Type 93 Long Lance Torpedo - Long Range Hole Poking Device, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2022
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APA

keep on trucking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20on%20trucking

MLA

“keep on trucking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20on%20trucking. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keep on trucking,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20on%20trucking.

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