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101keep — [OE] For all that it is one of the commonest verbs in the language, remarkably little is known about the history of keep. It first appears in texts around the year 1000. It is assumed to have existed before then, but not to have belonged to a… …
102keep\ at — v To continue to do; go on with. Mary kept at her homework until she finished it. Compare: keep on(1), keep up(1b) …
103keep\ on — v 1. To go ahead; not stop; continue. The neighbors asked them to stop making noise, but they kept right on. Columbus kept on until he saw land. Often used before a present participle. Relentlessly, the boy kept on asking about the birds and the… …
104keep on at — PHRASAL VERB If you keep on at someone, you repeatedly ask or tell them something in a way that annoys them. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V P P n] You ve constantly got to keep on at people about that... [V P P n to inf] She kept on at him to get some… …
105keep up — go as fast as the others, keep pace In typing class, I can t keep up. I can t type as fast as the others …
106keep at — she s determined to keep at her studies until she passes the bar exam Syn: persevere with/in/at, persist in/with, keep going with, carry on with, press on with, work away at, continue with; informal stick at, plug away at, hammer away at …
107keep on — they kept on working despite our exhaustion, we agreed to keep on Syn: continue, go on, carry on, persist in, persevere in; soldier on, struggle on, keep going …
108ˌkeep ˈup — phrasal verb to move or develop at the same speed as someone or something By studying hard, she managed to keep up.[/ex] He had to hurry to keep up with her.[/ex] …
109keep — [OE] For all that it is one of the commonest verbs in the language, remarkably little is known about the history of keep. It first appears in texts around the year 1000. It is assumed to have existed before then, but not to have belonged to a… …
110keep — Donjon Don jon (d[u^]n j[u^]n), n. [See {Dungeon}.] The chief tower, also called the {keep}; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of {Castle}. [1913 Webster] …
