keep at
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
keep at (third-person singular simple present keeps at, present participle keeping at, simple past and past participle kept at)
- (transitive) To persist in.
- Learning a new language is hard, but if you keep at it, you'll get better.
- (transitive) To constrain (a person) to continue doing (a task).
- If he doesn't get back to you right away, just keep at him and eventually you'll get an answer.