keep at sth

— Phrasal Verb with keep

/kiːp/ verb (past tense and past participle kept)

Definition

› to continue working hard at something difficult: Learning a language is hard but you've just got to keep at it.

(Definition of keep at sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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