act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on - keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

hold - remain in a certain state, position, or condition; "The weather held"; "They held on the road and kept marching"

keep going, run on - continue uninterrupted; "The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M."

ride - continue undisturbed and without interference; "Let it ride"

continue - continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

segue - proceed without interruption; in music or talk; "He segued into another discourse"

talk, speak - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

jog, ramble, ramble on - continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs"

resume, restart - take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations"

hang in, persevere, persist, hang on, hold on - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

go forward, proceed, continue - move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

perpetuate - cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth"

sustain, keep up, prolong - lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negociations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work"

mummify - preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"

keep, maintain, hold - keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

continue, go on, keep, go along, proceed - continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

head - to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains"

trace - make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the drak forest"; "The women traced the pasture"

roar - act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way; "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"-R.A.Billington

limp - proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the harbor"

wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"

preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on - keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

sustain, keep up, prolong - lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negociations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work"

keep going, run on - continue uninterrupted; "The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M."

persist in, continue - carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"

act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

keep on, retain, keep going, continue, keep - allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"

act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

continue, go on, keep, go along, proceed - continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

abide, bide, stay - dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

hold over - continue a term of office past the normal period of time

carry, extend - continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

die hard, persist, prevail, endure, run - continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

stand - be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!"