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
Recent Examples on the Web
Social platforms struggle to keep up with AI advances
Recently, Anand says Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok have started doing a better job of removing faceswap images after Takedowns.
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Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 7 June 2024
But even as prices fall, Americans are struggling to keep up with their car payments.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 6 June 2024
And experts recommend keeping up to date on vaccinations.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Ben Brands, a historian with the American Battlefield Monuments Commission, which keeps up the 26 U.S. overseas military cemeteries, says of all the invasion beaches, Omaha was the deadliest.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 5 June 2024
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Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 7 June 2024
But even as prices fall, Americans are struggling to keep up with their car payments.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 6 June 2024
And experts recommend keeping up to date on vaccinations.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Ben Brands, a historian with the American Battlefield Monuments Commission, which keeps up the 26 U.S. overseas military cemeteries, says of all the invasion beaches, Omaha was the deadliest.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 5 June 2024
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“Keep up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20up. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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