keeps up with
Doesn't fall behind
Keeps up with means to move or progress at the same pace as something else: She walks so fast I can barely keep up with her.
It extends to staying current with information or developments: I can't keep up with all the changes in technology.
To keep up with the Joneses is to match neighbors' visible consumption.
- understandGrasp the meaning
- learnAcquire knowledge or skill
- modernizeMake contemporary
- matchGame between opponents
- synchronizeAlign timing precisely
adapt · connect · abreast · monitor · conform · track · innovate · follow · news cycle · social media · evolve · on trend · study · emulate · update · imitate · observe · trail
keeps up withfalls behind
trails · drops back · falls back · outpaces · leaves behind
keeps up withneglects
Fails to care for
lets slide · ignores · tunes out · disregards · abandons
keep, keeps, kept, keeping, keeper, keepers, upkeep, upward, upwards