"keep it up" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-keep it up.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interjection}} keep it up
  1. Well done!
    Sense id: en-keep_it_up-en-intj-RiFkoGRe Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 44 36 21

Verb

Audio: En-au-keep it up.ogg [Australia] Forms: keeps it up [present, singular, third-person], keeping it up [participle, present], kept it up [participle, past], kept it up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> it up}} keep it up (third-person singular simple present keeps it up, present participle keeping it up, simple past and past participle kept it up)
  1. (idiomatic) To maintain or continue a positive streak. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: get it up, keep one's end up, keep up Translations (To maintain or continue a positive streak.): mantenir (Catalan), jen tak dál (Czech), jatkaa samaan malliin (Finnish), tenir (French), weiter so (German), mantenere (Italian), tak trzymaj [feminine, imperfective, masculine] (Polish), continuar assim (Portuguese), ține-o tot așa (Romanian), продолжа́ть в том же духе (prodolžátʹ v tom že duxe) (Russian), mantener (Spanish), hålla i gång (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-keep_it_up-en-verb-PjcszdVf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 56 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 62 11 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 27 58 16 Disambiguation of English predicates: 44 36 21 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 66 10 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 32 54 14 Disambiguation of 'To maintain or continue a positive streak.': 90 10
  2. (idiomatic) To maintain one's erection. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-keep_it_up-en-verb-UIQJ90lG Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 44 36 21

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "To maintain or continue a positive streak.",
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      "sense": "To maintain or continue a positive streak.",
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