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Definition of keep on phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

keep on

phrasal verb
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keep on
  1. to continue
    • The rain kept on all night.
    • Keep on until you get to the church.
    • I want to keep on with part-time work for as long as possible.
keep somebody on
  1. to continue to employ somebody
keep something on
  1. to continue to rent a house, flat, etc.
    • We’re planning to keep the house on over the summer.
keep on (at somebody) (about somebody/something)
  1. (especially British English) to speak to somebody often and in an annoying way about somebody/something synonym go on, nag
    • He does keep on so!
    • I'll do it—just don't keep on at me about it!
See keep on in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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