keep going
verb1
To continue functioning; to maintain.
- The grandfather clock keeps going for over a week without winding.
2
To proceed; to make progress, physically or figuratively.
- The Gunners have never gone out of the FA Cup in the third round under Arsene Wenger and never lost to a lower division side, two impressive runs they kept going at Elland Road on an evening that was fraught with potential dangers.2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC:
3
To see that (a person) is continually supplied with something, or that they can progress or carry on.
- I didn't think I could run any longer, but fear kept me going.
- I'll put all this meat in my freezer, and it'll keep me going for many months.
1 more example
- […] he was generous when he had the cash. Many a time he kept me going in drink through the week when I was stuck for the ready […]1984, Agnes Owens, Gentlemen of the West: