kept going

Verb

keep going (third-person singular simple present keeps going, present participle keeping going, simple past and past participle kept going)

1. (intransitive) To continue functioning; to maintain.
   • The grandfather clock keeps going for over a week without winding.
2. (transitive) 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. (transitive) 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.