Keep going
Keep going verb - Continue uninterrupted.
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Both terms in one sentence
- If you are going too fast to stop, it is acceptable (indeed, preferable!) that you keep going, instead of trying to stop and merely blocking up traffic.
Source: Too Fast to Stop -
Then they go back to stop him from being born and fail again, then keep going back until they're at the dawn of time and fail to stop a dinosaur with Harold's hair from burping.
Source: Gainax Ending -
Hellboy agrees, stating from his own experience that the lab boys will keep going, finding new things to experiment towards until told to stop.
Source: Comic Book / Hellboy
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Stop and Keep going. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_going/stop
Keep going & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_going/stop>.
Stop or Keep going. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_going/stop.
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