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keep something up1Continue a course of action: keep up the good work...- So as long as this egoistic propaganda is kept up, India will continue to get the better of any encounters in the battlefield.
- I didn't really keep it up continuously, but practiced occasionally in college.
- As a result I'm spending about £10 a week less than I was and I intend to keep it up.
Synonyms continue, keep on with, continue with, go on with, carry on with, persist with, persevere with; maintain, carry on, keep going, sustain 1.1Keep something in an efficient or proper state: the rector could not afford to keep up the grounds...- I've thought that the ugly house was the home of someone old and ill, someone who couldn't afford to keep it up, someone whose entire life was confined to one small room upstairs.
- There is generally a tighter management of the properties because Mum and Dad say, ‘You keep it up or the rents goes up’.’
- My father-in-law has become quite ill and it's becoming increasingly difficult for my mother-in-law to keep up the house.
1.2Make something remain at a high level: he was whistling to keep up his spirits...- With cases of vomiting there is a risk of dehydration among children, so parents should make sure fluid levels are kept up.
- It is all done with a flowing pace that keeps the interest level up, managing to be both educational and entertaining.
- Well, I'm older, and so I have to keep the energy level up.
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