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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Oil prices also rose more than 1% on hopes a chugging economy will keep up demand.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Throughout the show, Louise goes from meek wallflower struggling to keep up with her sister June (Jordan Tyson) in their family Vaudeville act to the take-charge superstar stripper, all while under the unbearable pressure from her mother, Rose (Audra McDonald).
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 12 May 2025
But as the Sun developed into one of the WNBA’s most consistent teams over the following two decades in Connecticut, Mohegan Sun ownership struggled to keep up with the standard of investment being set amid a period of unprecedented growth for the WNBA.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025
In order to keep up with the offensive firepower of Draisaitl and Connor McDavid, Vegas will have to find consistent offensive production from players other than just Eichel, as winning a shootout might be the only way to beat the Oilers.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Throughout the show, Louise goes from meek wallflower struggling to keep up with her sister June (Jordan Tyson) in their family Vaudeville act to the take-charge superstar stripper, all while under the unbearable pressure from her mother, Rose (Audra McDonald).
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 12 May 2025
But as the Sun developed into one of the WNBA’s most consistent teams over the following two decades in Connecticut, Mohegan Sun ownership struggled to keep up with the standard of investment being set amid a period of unprecedented growth for the WNBA.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025
In order to keep up with the offensive firepower of Draisaitl and Connor McDavid, Vegas will have to find consistent offensive production from players other than just Eichel, as winning a shootout might be the only way to beat the Oilers.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
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“Keep up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20up. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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