Study can, you say, keep going (8)
I believe the answer is:
continue
'keep going' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'study can you' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'con' (con can mean to study).
'can' becomes 'tin' (both are metal containers).
'you' becomes 'ue' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'con'+'tin'+'ue'='CONTINUE'
'say' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for continue that I've seen before include "Proceed" , "Go on without stopping" , "Don't stop, keep going" , "Resume" , "Persist" .)