"keep the show on the road" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keeps the show on the road",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keeping the show on the road",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept the show on the road",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept the show on the road",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "keep<,,kept> the show on the road"
      },
      "expansion": "keep the show on the road (third-person singular simple present keeps the show on the road, present participle keeping the show on the road, simple past and past participle kept the show on the road)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 January 12, Robert Kitson, “Is it morally right for rugby to host the Six Nations in a pandemic?”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "So what next? For now, at least, the prevailing wisdom in Europe is that people need something to divert them from the ongoing nightmares elsewhere. […] Best, some insist, to keep the show on the road and then duck and dive in the event of further Covid-19 issues.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 January 22, Joe Brennan, “Has Eddie O’Connor underestimated the value of his €1bn baby?”, in The Irish Times",
          "text": "This forced the company to focus on developing advanced projects on its books. And fast. All too often, it ended up selling out at an early stage just to get money in to keep the show on the road.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be able to proceed with a plan or project, often in the face of difficult circumstances."
      ],
      "id": "en-keep_the_show_on_the_road-en-verb-Po1uE4Kq",
      "links": [
        [
          "be able",
          "be able"
        ],
        [
          "proceed",
          "proceed"
        ],
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ],
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "in the face of",
          "in the face of"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be able to proceed with a plan or project, often in the face of difficult circumstances."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "get the show on the road"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep the show on the road"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keeps the show on the road",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keeping the show on the road",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept the show on the road",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept the show on the road",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "keep<,,kept> the show on the road"
      },
      "expansion": "keep the show on the road (third-person singular simple present keeps the show on the road, present participle keeping the show on the road, simple past and past participle kept the show on the road)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "get the show on the road"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 January 12, Robert Kitson, “Is it morally right for rugby to host the Six Nations in a pandemic?”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "So what next? For now, at least, the prevailing wisdom in Europe is that people need something to divert them from the ongoing nightmares elsewhere. […] Best, some insist, to keep the show on the road and then duck and dive in the event of further Covid-19 issues.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 January 22, Joe Brennan, “Has Eddie O’Connor underestimated the value of his €1bn baby?”, in The Irish Times",
          "text": "This forced the company to focus on developing advanced projects on its books. And fast. All too often, it ended up selling out at an early stage just to get money in to keep the show on the road.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be able to proceed with a plan or project, often in the face of difficult circumstances."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be able",
          "be able"
        ],
        [
          "proceed",
          "proceed"
        ],
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ],
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "in the face of",
          "in the face of"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be able to proceed with a plan or project, often in the face of difficult circumstances."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep the show on the road"
}