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keep up

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  • verb transitive To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating.
  • verb transitive, idiomatic To continue with (work, etc).
  • verb intransitive, idiomatic To stay even or ahead.
  • verb To ensure that one remains well-informed about something

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb lengthen or extend in duration or space
  • verb maintain a required pace or level
  • verb prevent from going to bed at night
  • verb keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
  • verb keep informed

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synonyms (123)

Words with the same meaning

  1. afford support
  2. au courant
  3. back
  4. back up
  5. be employed
  6. bear
  7. bear up
  8. bolster
  9. bolster up
  10. brace
  11. buoy up
  12. buttress
  13. carry
  14. carry on
  15. carry on business
  16. conserve
  17. continue
  18. copyright
  19. cradle
  20. crutch
  21. cushion
  22. do business
  23. endure
  24. extend
  25. follow a trade
  26. follow the crowd
  27. follow the fashion
  28. give support
  29. go on
  30. guard
  31. hang in
  32. hang tough
  33. have a job
  34. hold
  35. hold out
  36. hold up
  37. join the parade
  38. keep
  39. keep account of
  40. keep afloat
  41. keep alive
  42. keep at
  43. keep at it
  44. keep count of
  45. keep driving
  46. keep going
  47. keep in step
  48. keep informed
  49. keep intact
  50. keep inviolate
  51. keep on
  52. keep pace with
  53. keep posted
  54. keep safe
  55. keep track of
  56. keep trying
  57. keep up appearances
  58. keep up on
  59. keep up with
  60. labor
  61. last
  62. lend support
  63. lengthen
  64. mainstay
  65. maintain
  66. moonlight
  67. never say die
  68. not accept compromise
  69. not destroy
  70. not endanger
  71. not expend
  72. not flag
  73. not give up
  74. not use up
  75. not waste
  76. not weaken
  77. patent
  78. perpetuate
  79. persevere
  80. persist
  81. pillow
  82. practice a profession
  83. preserve
  84. prolong
  85. prop
  86. protect
  87. protract
  88. register
  89. reinforce
  90. retain
  91. save
  92. see it out
  93. set up shop
  94. shore
  95. shore up
  96. shoulder
  97. spare
  98. stand up
  99. stay
  100. stay briefed
  101. stay employed
  102. stay it out
  103. stay the distance
  104. stick it out
  105. subsidize
  106. subvention
  107. support
  108. sustain
  109. sweat it out
  110. take it
  111. toil
  112. transact business
  113. underbrace
  114. undergird
  115. underlie
  116. underpin
  117. underset
  118. upbear
  119. uphold
  120. upkeep
  121. work
  122. work at
  123. work for

hyponyms (2)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. keep pace
  2. keep step

forms (5)

Forms

  1. keep it up
  2. keep up appearances
  3. keep up with
  4. keep up with the Joneses
  5. keepie-uppie

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