keep up
verb
kept up; keeping up; keeps up
1
: to keep adequately informed or up-to-date
keep up on international affairs
2
: to continue without interruption
rain kept up all night
3
: to maintain contact or relations with someone
keep up with old friends
Examples of keep up in a Sentence
let's hope that old air conditioner keeps up through this heat wave
kept the house up while the owners were gone
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Musgrove bought an iPhone, MacBook Pro and Beats headphones, keeping up with some of his Grossmont High School classmates.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Hearn and Warren, who had barely spoken in the years since the former took over the Matchroom helm from his father, Barry, understood that collaboration was necessary to keep up.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Those who don’t keep up with the 3 mph pace are executed by an antagonistic military figure known as the Major (Mark Hamill).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Valor Christian is widely viewed as the one team with the athletes and muscle in the trenches to keep up with Creek, but the Eagles have lost four straight to Logan’s Bruins since 2020.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Hearn and Warren, who had barely spoken in the years since the former took over the Matchroom helm from his father, Barry, understood that collaboration was necessary to keep up.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Those who don’t keep up with the 3 mph pace are executed by an antagonistic military figure known as the Major (Mark Hamill).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Valor Christian is widely viewed as the one team with the athletes and muscle in the trenches to keep up with Creek, but the Eagles have lost four straight to Logan’s Bruins since 2020.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for keep up
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“Keep up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20up. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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