keep up with

phrase

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

Recent Examples on the Web

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

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

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