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kept up with

kept up with is the simple past and past participle of keep up with.

Meaning of keep up with

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.

Questions about kept up with

What is kept up with the simple past and past participle of?
Kept up with is the simple past and past participle of keep up with.

Words near kept up with in the dictionary

  1. kept together
  2. kept tryst
  3. kept under
  4. kept up
  5. kept up appearances
  6. kept up with
  7. kept up with the Joneses
  8. kept up with the times
  9. kept vigil
  10. kept watch
  11. kept wicket

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kept up with (page history and authors); keep up with (page history and authors). 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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