Keep on and Stop

Opposite meaning terms

Keep on verb - Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature.

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Stop is an antonym for keep on in topics: continue, persist, keep at, begin again, remain or continue in a state.

Stop verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.

Usage example: traffic was stopped for over an hour by the overturned truck

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Keep on is an antonym for stop in topics: end, halt, quit, cease.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

They keep on fighting even after dozens of wounds (the "splashing blood"-kind), only to stop when they both impale each other simultaneously.

Source: How Much More Can He Take
Keep on, with the force don't stop Don't stop 'til you get enough!

Source: Music / Off the Wall
Stop Worshipping Me: So far, the Emperor lets it slide that people keep on worshiping him, mainly due to it being such an entrenched part of Imperial culture for so long.

Source: Fan Fic / Tales of the Emperasque

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