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| Back | 1 to continue, or cause to remain, in operation: I enjoy our friendship and try to keep it up. We try to keep up our family's reputation for hospitality . We do not always succeed in keeping it up. 2 to (cause to) remain in good condition. He was finding it difficult to keep up the garden. He cannot keep it up properly. the weather has kept up well, hasn't it? 3 (often with with) to move fast enough not to be left behind (by): Even the children managed to keep up. Don't run- I can't keep up with you. (fig) Everyone in the class was so clever that I couldn't keep up with them. |
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