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keep up with

keep up with verb: to manage to remain beside or just behind someone or something that is moving away from one.

Verb

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. (informal) To manage to remain beside or just behind someone or something that is moving away from one.
    • Blake needed to run to keep up with the indignant Doctor.1993, Neil Penswick, The pit, London: Virgin Books, pages 113–257
  2. (figuratively, informal) To manage to remain up to date with trends, fashions, etc.
    • Keeping up with the latest hair trends as ever, Wella has just introduced Hair Sets in three variants.1992, Hair Flair, London: Shaws Publications Ltd, pages 4–58
  3. (informal) To manage to follow an argument, a discussion, etc.

keep up with meaning in Malayalam

keep up with in Malayalam

keep pace with, keep abreast of, match
ഒപ്പത്തിനൊപ്പം മുന്നോട്ടു നീങ്ങുക, ഒപ്പമെത്തുക, കൂടെയെത്തുക, തുല്യതപാലിക്കുക, സമനിലയിലാകുക, ഒപ്പത്തിനൊപ്പമാവുക
keep informed about, keep up to date with, keep abreast of
സമകാലികങ്ങപ്പറ്റി പഠിക്കുക, അറിഞ്ഞിരിക്കുക, വിവരങ്ങൾ അറിഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുക, എല്ലാവിവരങ്ങളും തത്സമയം അറിയുക, വിവരം ധരിക്കുക, ശ്രദ്ധയിൽപ്പെടുക
stay in touch with, remain in contact with, maintain contact with
തുടർച്ചയായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുക, ബന്ധം പുലർത്തിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുക, സമ്പർക്കം വയ്ക്കുക, സൗഹൃദം പുലർത്തുക, ഉലയാത്ത സ്നേഹബന്ധം പുലർത്തുക, ബന്ധം ഉലയാതെ സൂക്ഷിക്കുക

Forms of keep up with

third-person singular presentkeeps up with
present participlekeeping up with
past participlekept up with
pastkept up with

Words formed from keep up with

Questions about keep up with

What does keep up with mean?
Keep up with means to manage to remain beside or just behind someone or something that is moving away from one.
What is keep up with in Malayalam?
Keep up with in Malayalam is ഒപ്പത്തിനൊപ്പം മുന്നോട്ടു നീങ്ങുക, ഒപ്പമെത്തുക, കൂടെയെത്തുക. See Keep up with meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is keep up with?
Keep up with is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep up with?
The past tense of keep up with is kept up with.

Words near keep up with in the dictionary

  1. keep track
  2. keep tryst
  3. keep under
  4. keep up
  5. keep up appearances
  6. keep up with
  7. keep up with the Joneses
  8. keep up with the times
  9. keep vigil
  10. keep ward
  11. keep watch

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: keep up with (page history and authors); keep up with (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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