to keep it up

Examples

• All

• I'm not sure how much longer I'll keep it up, to be honest.

  Blog text (6)

• Yeah, he started running and, you know, kept it up for a long time and, like, lost all that weight and it was really lovely.

• So one huge thing is if give it a go, see if you can keep it up for a couple of weeks like I did.

  Emily Norris

• All right, here we go, keep it up.

  Deck the Halls (2006)

• Did you keep it up?

  Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

• Members joined in the shouting and kept it up for some minutes.

• After I'd kept it up for a year or two, my parents decided it was serious.

  Fiction book (1993)

• So thank you for all your like motivation and optimism and just positivity and saying keep it up you can do it.

• Let's keep it up.

  Armageddon (1998)

• I began to talk, thinking that as long as I kept it up, Aunt Polly wouldn't die on me.

  Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

C

to continue

vsto keep it up

∞ 1.0

To keep doing something without stopping

aims to sustain performance level and quality rather than mere continuation

M

to maintain

vsto keep it up

931 3.1

Keep an activity, quality, or schedule going over time

describes personally sustaining one's performance rather than ensuring something continues by action

K

to keep up

vsto keep it up

507 2.8

To continue at the same speed or level as others

focuses on sustaining personal performance and effort at a good level

S

to stick with

vsto keep it up

341 3.6

Keep doing or supporting something even when it is difficult

focuses on sustaining personal performance and effort rather than ongoing support

P

to persevere

vsto keep it up

22 5.1

Keep trying to do something even when it is hard

aims to sustain performance level steadily rather than solely pushing to reach a goal

P

to push on

vsto keep it up

21 3.7

Move forward or keep going despite difficulty

focuses on sustaining performance level and quality rather than forward progress

K

to keep going

vsto keep it up

11 2.5

To have enough money or supplies to continue for a time

refers to sustaining effort and performance rather than supplying enough resources

S

to stay on track

vsto keep it up

9 3.2

To focus on a goal without getting distracted

emphasizes sustaining effort and steady performance rather than just focus

K

to keep on pushing through

vsto keep it up

• Informal

5.1

To continue to try hard even when things are difficult

means maintaining steady good performance rather than enduring hardship to continue

Antonyms

G

to give up

∞ 1.2

To stop trying to do something or accept defeat

S

to slack off

• Informal

3 3.9

To become less strong or busy

How Persistent

to persevere

22 5.1

to press on

26 3.9

to keep it up

87 3.0

to keep going

357 1.6

to continue

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology