"keep up with the times" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-us-keep up with the times.oga [US] Forms: keeps up with the times [present, singular, third-person], keeping up with the times [participle, present], kept up with the times [participle, past], kept up with the times [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,kept>}} keep up with the times (third-person singular simple present keeps up with the times, present participle keeping up with the times, simple past and past participle kept up with the times)
  1. (idiomatic) To change one's ideas, views or way of living in order to stay current or modern. Tags: idiomatic Translations (Translations): وَاكَبَ العَصْرَ (wākaba l-ʕaṣra) (Arabic)

Inflected forms

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