"keep up with" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: keeps up with [present, singular, third-person], keeping up with [participle, present], kept up with [participle, past], kept up with [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> up with}} keep up with (third-person singular simple present keeps up with, present participle keeping up with, simple past and past participle kept up with)
  1. To manage to remain beside or just behind someone or something that is moving away from one. Translations (manage to remain beside or just behind): артынан өлгөрөү (artınan ölgöröw) (Bashkir), aller de pair avec (French), mithalten (German), mit etwas Schritt halten (German), coinnigh suas le (Irish), tenere dietro a (Italian), nadążać [imperfective] (Polish), nadążyć [perfective] (Polish), cum suas ri (Scottish Gaelic), seguir (Spanish), ir al paso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-keep_up_with-en-verb-XLneNh-1 Disambiguation of 'manage to remain beside or just behind': 55 32 13
  2. (figuratively) To manage to remain up to date with trends, fashions, etc Tags: figuratively Derived forms: keep up with the Joneses Translations (manage to remain up to date): артынан өлгөрөү (artınan ölgöröw) (Bashkir), stare al passo con (Italian), non sfigurare (Italian), nadążać [imperfective] (Polish), nadążyć [perfective] (Polish), cum suas ri (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-keep_up_with-en-verb-O8z7G86~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", English phrasal verbs formed with "with", Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 53 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 36 53 11 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "with": 37 51 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 27 55 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 61 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 64 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 30 54 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 26 65 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 54 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 27 55 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 66 10 Disambiguation of 'manage to remain up to date': 11 84 5
  3. To manage to follow an argument, a discussion, etc. Translations (manage to follow an argument, a discussion, etc): stare al passo (Italian), nadążać [imperfective] (Polish), nadążyć [perfective] (Polish), cum suas ri (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-keep_up_with-en-verb-dzM52usi Disambiguation of 'manage to follow an argument, a discussion, etc': 8 10 82

Inflected forms

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