keeps up
Doesn't fall behind
Keeps up means to maintain pace or stay current with something.
You keep up with the news, keep up with your reading, or keep up with faster runners.
To keep up appearances is to maintain an outward show of normalcy or success.
Keeping up with the Joneses means matching neighbors' consumption to avoid seeming inferior.
I can't keep up with all these changes.
- carry onContinue doing something
- sustainsKeeps in existence
- maintainsKeeps in condition
- synchronizesAligns in time
- continueGo on without stopping
move · abreast · retains · persist · preserves · push · holds · holds steady · perseveres · adjusts · perpetuates · stands up · attuned · pace · on top of · adapts · aligns · match
vertical position/support
keeps uplets down
Fails to support
drops · lowers · releases · brings down · takes down
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