keep up (with sb/sth)
— phrasal verb with keep uk/kiːp/us/kiːp/verb kept, kept
B2 to do whatever is necessary to stay level or equal with someone or something:
He started to walk faster and the children had to run to keep up.
Wages are failing to keep up with inflation.
More examples
- She walks so fast I can never keep up with her.
- Technology changes so fast, it's hard to keep up with it.
- Supply of the goods is failing to keep up with demand.
- You'll have to walk faster if you want to keep up.
- He talks so fast, I can't keep up with what he's saying.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Competing and contending (non-sporting)
- cat
- challenge
- close-run
- competitive
- contend
- contender
- contest
- contestant
- entry
- go in for sth
- jockey
- pit sb/sth against sb/sth
- pit your wits against sb/sth idiom
- play cat and mouse idiom
- play sb/sth off against sb/sth
- race
- rival
- rivalry
- scramble
- square
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