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keep after

Idioms

Make a persistent effort regarding; also, persistently urge someone to do something. For example, We'll have to keep after the cobwebs, or He won't get anything done unless you keep after him. Also see keep at, def. 2.

Example Sentences

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“This is something that we’re going to keep after both in the near term and the long term.”

From New York Times • May 9, 2023

The No. 1 thing readers said we should keep after the pandemic was everything virtual.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2021

Several believed the potatoes had earned their keep after the rampant growth.

From Fox News • Jul. 7, 2020

McAdoo and Reese likely will keep after him in the future.

From Washington Times • Jan. 9, 2017

“You know good’n’well if I didn’t keep after him, he wouldn’t ever do a blessed thing.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023