keep on keeping on
Don't give up
Keep on keeping on is an encouragement to persist despite difficulties or discouragement—to continue doing what you're doing, especially when progress feels slow or uncertain.
The phrase has a folksy, resilient quality, often used to acknowledge struggle while urging steadiness: Times are hard, but we keep on keeping on.
It suggests endurance rather than dramatic effort.
- never give upMaintain effort indefinitely
- pushForce something away
- hang in thereEndure through difficulty
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
- pullForce toward oneself
perseverance · stay the course · climb · inspiration · tenacity · resourcefulness · coping · adaptability · roll with the punches · rebound · thriving · optimism · chin up · march · one day at a time · hopefulness · steadfastness · self-belief
- perseverancepersist, never give up, tenacity, hang in there, endurance
keep on keeping ongive up
Stop attempting something
quit · throw in the towel · surrender · abandon · capitulate
keep on keeping onfall apart
Break into pieces
break down · crumble · succumb · lose heart · despair
keep, keeping, keeps, keeper, keepers, keepable, safekeeping, gatekeeper, goalkeeper