Keep on
Keep on verb - Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature.
Live
Live verb - To have life.
Usage example: Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Although he doesn't exactly live in luxury, a large part of sending Jeffs to prison was because it would behead the FLDS, but they just keep on going as if he was still with them.
- Live's "Simple Creed" has a couple: "Now nobody's takin' your candy /you just keep on livin' this tragedy" and "Now nobody's takin' your bicycle/ maybe somebody should take your microphone".
Source: Painful Rhyme - Travis Touchdown from No More Heroes, when he's outside of missions, he's like a big grown up nerd who has to keep on doing his best to live a normal life despite being a total badass assassin.
Source: Adorkable / Video Games
Cite this Source
Live and Keep on. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_on/live
Keep on & Live. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_on/live>.
Live or Keep on. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_on/live.
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