kept on trucking
Refused to quit
Kept on trucking means continued to move forward or persevere despite difficulties, maintaining steady progress through challenging circumstances.
The expression draws from the image of a truck driver steadily covering miles regardless of road conditions.
It became associated with 1970s counterculture through R.
Crumb's "Keep on Truckin'" cartoon, giving it connotations of laid-back resilience.
Even after the funding fell through, she kept on trucking with the project.
- keep goingMaintain forward progress
- continuingGoing on without stopping
- advancingMoving in forward direction
- hang in thereEndure through difficulty
- stick with itContinue despite difficulty
tough it out · ride it out · determination · proceeding · perseverance · never say die · soldier on · stay the course · tenacity · push through · forging ahead · pressing on · grit · grind it out · carry on · moving forward · onward · steadfastness
kept on truckinggave up
Abandoned an attempt
quit · threw in the towel · stopped · surrendered · called it quits
kept on truckingcaved in
Collapsed or capitulated
crumbled · broke down · fell apart · lost heart · succumbed
kept on truckingsurrendered
Ceased resistance formally
capitulated · caved in · succumbed · folded · crumbled
kept, keeping, keeper, keepers, trucking, truck, trucks, trucker, truckers