"keep on keeping on" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: keeps on keeping on [present, singular, third-person], keeping on keeping on [participle, present], kept on keeping on [participle, past], kept on keeping on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> on keeping on}} keep on keeping on (third-person singular simple present keeps on keeping on, present participle keeping on keeping on, simple past and past participle kept on keeping on)
  1. (informal, imperative) Carry on with what you are doing; an expression of encouragement. Tags: imperative, informal
    Sense id: en-keep_on_keeping_on-en-verb-zywTXrd1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English positive polarity items, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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