to keep it moving
161
4.4
- phrasal verb
- Informal
:
seguir adelante
- Let's keep it moving so we can finish this project on time.
- keep it moving forward
We're going to pass through there, show our faces, then we're keeping it moving, bro.
- We're going to pass through there, show our faces, then we're keeping it moving, bro.
- I said tighten up, wipe your face, dry your tears, keep it moving.
- The key is just catch yourself, correct it, keep it moving, Don't continue to engage in that behavior.
- Basically, it is much harder to get something to start moving than it is to keep it moving.
- I just feel like for me, the best way to deal with this is just to move forward, keep it moving.
- You might have to change lanes, change careers, all right, but if for the most part, keep it moving, brother.
- They have flights to catch, trains to catch, and traffic's pretty bad with the tree, so let's keep it moving.
- And yeah, I just, I just keep it moving.
- That person, you have to let them go and just keep it moving.
Examples
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OK, well, keep it moving, keep it rolling.
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Make sure you keep it moving.
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And my job is to still keep it moving and stay out of the way.
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Keep it moving, man, keep it moving.
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And we keep it moving!
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The group leader should keep the activities moving along so that you finish all the activities.
Academic text (1998) -
In this meeting, we can do much to ensure that we keep moving forward.
Academic text (1990) -
By the nature of the business, you're expected to keep moving, to keep turning out stories.
Academic text (1999) -
Let's keep it moving.
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Keep it moving, people.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To keep doing something without stopping
357
1.6
To continue doing something without stopping
306
1.4
Continue doing something without stopping
253
2.7
To continue doing something after an interruption or when it is difficult
211
1.0
To move ahead in place, in time, or in progress
168
2.3
Continue doing something, especially after an interruption
81
3.0
Go forward or leave a place when someone tells you to
61
2.7
To start or continue something so it gets closer to a goal
39
3.6
To keep going despite problems until you finish
30
3.3
Move forward in a steady, determined way
21
3.7
Move forward or keep going despite difficulty
19
3.1
To keep making progress despite problems
19
2.6
Continue doing something after a pause or interruption
9
3.5
To make slow progress when it is difficult
3
3.7
To move forward steadily despite problems
3
4.7
Continue doing something even when there are problems
1
5.0
Keep doing something despite difficulty or others telling you to stop
To continue to try hard even when things are difficult
Antonyms
How Continuous
26
3.9
- Informal
161
4.4
357
1.6
687
1.4
346
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to continue progressing' is directly derivable from the constituents: 'keep' (continue) + 'it' (the situation/thing) + 'moving' (in motion), following the common English pattern 'keep + object + -ing'. This compositional, cross-linguistically common construction makes the phrase immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the component words.
Etymology
The phrase keep it moving may come from workers or guards telling people to keep walking so a line or a job does not stop, like a guard saying keep the crowd moving. So it means 'to keep going and not stop'.