2
keep the ball rolling(expression, idiom, advance, maintain, continue)
2
keep up(verb, expression, advance, maintain, continue)
2
lengthen(verb, advance, maintain, continue, stay)
2
levitate
2
lie in wait(verb, expression, idiom, stop, delay)
2
limp
2
live(verb, stop, hold, continue, follow)
2
live on(verb, expression, hold, advance, maintain)
2
lodge(verb, stop, hold, fix, join)
2
loom
2
maintain(verb, advance, continue, stay, extend)
2
make headway(expression, advance, maintain, continue, stay)
2
mill around(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
2
move ahead(expression, advance, maintain, continue, stay)
2
muck(verb, flow, wash, wander, glide)
2
nest(verb, stop, settle, continue, stay)
2
outlast(verb, stop, hold, advance, maintain)
2
outlive(verb, stop, hold, advance, maintain)
2
perch(verb, stop, settle, continue, stay)
2
perdure(verb, hold, advance, maintain, continue)
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