keep up (withsomeone/something)
phrasal verbwithkeepverbuk/kiːp/us/kiːp/kept|kept
B2
to do whatever isnecessarytostaylevelorequalwith someone or something:
Hestartedtowalkfasterand thechildrenhad toruntokeepup.
Wages arefailingtokeepup withinflation.
- ShewalkssofastI can neverkeepup with her.
- Technologychangessofast, it's hard tokeepup with it.
- Supply of thegoodsisfailingtokeepup withdemand.
- You'll have towalkfasterif youwanttokeepup.
- Hetalkssofast, I can'tkeepup with what he's saying.
Competing and contending (non-sporting)
- be one up onsomeoneidiom
- bid
- cat
- catchup
- chancer
- close-run
- competition
- contest
- dare
- go in forsomething
- go toe to toeidiom
- hyper-competitive
- in the gameidiom
- intercollegiate
- runners and ridersidiom
- showing
- slugfest
- snap atsomeone'sheelsidiom
- super-competitive
- toe