KEPT (ON) Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

kept (on)

verb

Definition of kept (on)

past tense of keep (on)

as in held on

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as in signed (up or on)

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Verb

The sudden-death playoff was held on the Par 5 18th hole, so advantage Potgieter.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
This $120 area has held on two prior occasions and is being tested again.

— Jay Woods, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of held on

Verb

But the very reticence my father employed to protect us had hollowed out our family.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Gonska pushed back on that assertion, saying the political strategy employed by Bass during the June 2 primary was different from the activities now being conducted by Building LA in the runoff.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of employed

Verb

The Proffers were in Brodsky’s room again, in 1972, only a few months after founding Ardis, when the Soviet government called the poet and, in preparation for President Nixon’s visit, kicked him out of the country.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Punter Ethan Evans kicked an extra point that put the Rams ahead, 17-15, with less than a minute remaining before the Cardinals kicked a winning field goal.

— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of kicked

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Then, in 2000, Stewart took on another clutch role in science fiction, Professor Charles Xavier in Bryan Singer’s version of X-Men.

— Jordan Hoffman, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026
In the Metro East, the city of Belleville took on the services provided by Belleville Township after it was dissolved in 2017.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of took on

Verb

The simulations ran on Aurora, Argonne’s exascale supercomputer, using 8,100 computing nodes and about 50,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) per calculation.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
The leasing office ran on a skeleton staff and a hold button.

— Ken Lundin, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of ran on

Verb

That's not good news for head coach Shane Steichen who was under a mandate to win this year to guarantee he'd be retained into the future.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Under a long-term licensing agreement, Yum China retained the rights to operate KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell in mainland China, paying Yum a royalty of 3% of restaurant sales.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of retained

Verb

Lockheed Martin has continued research and development alongside its preparations for manufacturing.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Since Rock Candy came out in February, Mackeeper have continued to churn out sticky songs, and had one of them appear in The Drama.

— Samuel Hyland, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of continued

Verb

Republicans argue the second Sullivan was recruited into the race to sow confusion, an allegation substantiated on Wednesday by a bombshell New York Times report.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
Undaunted by the huge blank wall, Mendez recruited some of the same young people working on the 23rd Street mural along with youth from the neighborhood.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

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