keep up with
idiom
1
: to go or make progress at the same rate as (others) : to stay even with (others) in a race, competition, etc.
The other runners struggled to keep up with the leader.
He found it difficult to keep up with the rest of the class.
2
: to continue to know the newest information about (something)
I find it hard to keep up with the news.
3
informal
: to continue to talk to or write to (someone)
She still keeps up with her old friends from college.
Examples of keep up with in a Sentence
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Follow her on Twitter at @m_montemurro, keep up with the daily sights on our Instagram and read it all at chicagotribune.com/cubs.
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Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2023
Even that amount was far below the $860 increase some educators said was needed as the bare minimum needed to keep up with inflation.
—Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2023
With the countless efforts to keep up with the industry’s A.I. craze, Benioff appears to already be putting the company’s recent challenges in the rearview mirror.
—Bykylie Robison, Fortune, 20 June 2023
People who keep up with SNL are always curious to see how much castmembers thrive outside the show.
—Matthew Jacobs, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
Those releases could temporarily increase to keep up with increasing water flows and maintain safe water levels.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 June 2023
Many vendors can no longer keep up with the demand.
—Safiullah Padshah, New York Times, 17 June 2023
But in the process many people were put out of work; rural and formerly industrialized sections of the country did not keep up with the big cities.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
Cord-cutters who still want to keep up with broadcast TV — and don’t mind waiting a day.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
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Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2023
Even that amount was far below the $860 increase some educators said was needed as the bare minimum needed to keep up with inflation.
—Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2023
With the countless efforts to keep up with the industry’s A.I. craze, Benioff appears to already be putting the company’s recent challenges in the rearview mirror.
—Bykylie Robison, Fortune, 20 June 2023
People who keep up with SNL are always curious to see how much castmembers thrive outside the show.
—Matthew Jacobs, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
Those releases could temporarily increase to keep up with increasing water flows and maintain safe water levels.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 June 2023
Many vendors can no longer keep up with the demand.
—Safiullah Padshah, New York Times, 17 June 2023
But in the process many people were put out of work; rural and formerly industrialized sections of the country did not keep up with the big cities.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
Cord-cutters who still want to keep up with broadcast TV — and don’t mind waiting a day.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
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