keeping at
Not giving up
Keeping at means continuing to do something despite difficulty or slow progress.
It emphasizes persistence and sustained effort: Just keep at it and you'll get better.
The phrase often appears as encouragement to someone struggling with a task or skill.
- workingIn active function
- strivingEarnest sustained endeavor
- laboringWorking strenuously
- plugging awayWorking with dogged persistence
- determinationFirmness of purpose
hard at work · sticking with it · maintaining · tenacity · steadfastness · resilience · hanging in there · diligence · endurance · the long haul · progressing · grit · doggedness · willpower · self-discipline · nose to the grindstone · advancing · patience
persistence and continuation
keeping atgiving up
Choosing to stop trying
quitting · abandoning · stopping · ceasing · surrendering
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