keeping going
Continuing despite obstacles
Keeping going means continuing despite difficulty or fatigue—maintaining effort when stopping would be easier.
What's keeping you going through all this?
The phrase often implies perseverance through hardship: Coffee and spite are what's keeping me going.
It can also mean simply sustaining motion or activity: The generator is keeping things going until power returns.
- upkeepOngoing preservation effort
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
- trudgingWalking with difficulty
tenacity · pressing on · pushing through · perseverance · grit · carrying on · soldiering on · resolve · hanging in there · patience · fortitude · momentum · plodding · endurance · long haul · durability · willpower · sustainability
keeping goinggiving up
Choosing to stop trying
quitting · giving in · surrendering · throwing in the towel · abandoning
keeping goingstanding still
Absence of motion
staying put · freezing · grinding to a halt · stalling · pausing
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