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keep on

Inseparable

Continue doing something, often repeatedly

He keeps on asking the same question.

Usage

Followed by '-ing': keep on trying.

Inseparable

The object always comes after the particle, even when it is a pronoun: look after the children, look after them.

The particle: on

This verb belongs to the group ‘continuing’.

Others in the group: carry on, go on.