keep on

keep on
    v 1: allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a
         property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants
         any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune
         waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our
         grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the
         work going as long as we could"; "She retained her
         composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many
         washings" [syn: {retain}, {continue}, {keep}, {keep on}]
    

61 Moby Thesaurus words for "keep on":
      abide, bide, carry on, cease not, continue, continue to be,
      defeat time, defy time, drag on, dwell, endure, exist, extend,
      go along, go on, hold, hold on, hold out, hold steady, jog on,
      keep, keep at, keep at it, keep busy, keep driving, keep going,
      keep moving, keep trying, keep up, last, last long, last out,
      linger, live, live on, live through, maintain, never cease,
      not accept compromise, peg away, perdure, perennate, persevere,
      persist, plug away, prevail, remain, run, run on, slog on,
      stagger on, stand, stay, stay on, subsist, survive, sustain, tarry,
      tide over, wear, wear well