keep the ball rolling
Verb
Meaning
keep the ball rolling (third-person singular simple present keeps the ball rolling, present participle keeping the ball rolling, simple past and past participle kept the ball rolling)
(idiomatic) To continue an action indicated in the context; to sustain a process.
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In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description and lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling.
He and the Patriots will look to keep the ball rolling next Sunday when they visit the poorly coached Los Angeles Chargers, who have a very suspect defense.
Neepawa was able to end their recent two game slide with a 6-3 win over Dauphin on Friday,but couldn’t keep the ball rolling with a 7-1 home loss to Steinbach on Saturday, Jan 20.
We just want to keep the ball rolling.”
Although the rehabilitation center has gone through some transition and continues to grow, its personnel wants to keep the ball rolling.