to keep on pushing through
- phrasal verb
- Informal
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- In challenging times, it's important to keep on pushing through and stay focused on your goals.
A real fight with someone who never gives up in life and keeps on pushing through the good times and the bad.
- A real fight with someone who never gives up in life and keeps on pushing through the good times and the bad.
Examples
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Despite facing many obstacles, she decided to keep on pushing through until she achieved her dream.
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A real fight with someone who never gives up in life and keeps on pushing through the good times and the bad.
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He learned to keep on pushing through even when the situation seemed hopeless.
Synonyms
731
1.5
To try hard to achieve something, especially against difficulty
341
3.6
Keep doing or supporting something even when it is difficult
306
1.4
Continue doing something without stopping
304
3.5
To deal with something difficult for a long time without giving up
253
2.7
To continue doing something after an interruption or when it is difficult
173
3.3
To keep trying and not give up when things are hard
167
3.6
To keep trying and not give up when things are hard
161
4.4
Move forward without stopping or slowing down
87
3.0
Continue doing something well with the same effort
62
3.7
To keep doing something or keep holding a belief despite difficulty
46
3.3
To continue doing something and refuse to give up
39
3.6
To keep going despite problems until you finish
26
3.9
To keep going with a task even when it is hard
22
5.1
Keep trying to do something even when it is hard
21
3.7
Move forward or keep going despite difficulty
19
3.1
To keep making progress despite problems
16
4.6
To keep working on a task until it is finished, even when it is hard
8
4.2
Continue and finish a task with strong effort when it is hard or you are tired
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
1
7.4
Continue doing your part for the team when things are hard
To keep trying and do well despite difficult times
Continuing to try despite problems
To work hard and continue when things are difficult
Antonyms
How Persistent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is transparently built from 'keep on' = continue and 'push(ing) through' = exert effort to get through something; a B1 learner who knows these constituent meanings can compose them to infer ‘continue to persist despite difficulty.’ The motion/overcoming metaphor (push + through) and the continuous aspect (keep on) are common cross-linguistically, so the overall sense is predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Keep on pushing through comes from a simple image of someone pushing and forcing their way past a crowd or a wall. Keep on means to continue and pushing through means to keep pushing until you get past something hard. So, it means 'to keep going even when things are hard'.