Keep up the good work11/11/2022 ![]() ![]() He puffed and panted behind the others, gritting his teeth with the effort of trying to keep up with them.I'm having trouble keeping up with the rest of the class.Carlton does well to keep up with the drop.Every day, until we could not keep up with the demand, we would make a few extra loaves to sell.Janir struggled to keep up with the bigger kids.Unless a parent can keep up with its children, its fate is sealed.How is Jody? I haven't kept up with her since college.Edie was finding it hard to keep up with her rent payments.The flapper had to be a good consumer, keeping up with fashion and buying the latest in beauty products.Central bankers are concerned because savings have not kept up with borrowing, and spending has outpaced economic growth. ![]() It's a complicated film, and some people may find it hard to keep up with the plot.She and Laura keep up their friendship through frequent telephone calls and lunch dates.Environmental groups intend to keep up the pressure until the government changes the law.The enemy kept up the attack all through the night.Scott kept up a constant barrage of calls and faxes until he got the answers he wanted.She covers so much in these lectures - I don't know how you manage to keep up.Maggie had a stone in her shoe and was finding it hard to keep up.11 keep up appearances PRETEND to pretend that everything in your life is normal and happy even though you are in trouble, especially financial trouble → keep → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus keep up ![]() 10 keep your spirits/strength/morale etc up CONTINUE/NOT STOP to stay happy, strong, confident etc by making an effort We sang as we marched, to keep our spirits up. 9 keep somebody up informal SLEEP to prevent someone from going to bed I hope I’m not keeping you up. 8 keep something ↔ up to continue to practise a skill so that you do not lose it I used to speak French, but I haven’t kept it up. ![]() 7 UP if one process keeps up with another, it increases at the same speed and by the same amount with Food production is not keeping up with population growth. 6 keep something ↔ up to make something continue at its present level or amount, instead of letting it decrease NATO kept up the pressure on the Serbs to get out of Kosovo. keep up with the Joneses (=try to have the same new impressive possessions that other people have ) 5 LEARN to continue to read and learn about a particular subject, so that you always know about the most recent facts, products etc with Employees need to keep up with the latest technical developments. 4 to manage to do as much or as well as other people OPP fall behind with Jack’s having trouble keeping up with the rest of the class. keep up the good work! (=continue to work hard and well ) 2 if a situation keeps up, it continues without stopping or changing SYN continue How long can the economic boom keep up? 3 FAST/QUICK to go as quickly as someone else with I had to walk fast to keep up with him. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English keep up phrasal verb 1 keep something ↔ up CONTINUE/NOT STOP to continue doing something I don’t think I can keep this up any longer. ![]()
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