English

Verb
to keep up

1. To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating.
2. To continue with (work, etc).
3. To stay even or ahead.

#:They ran so fast I could hardly keep up.

Quotations
(maintain, preserve):
1992 The NRA is pumping groundwater into the River Itchen in Hampshire to keep up its flow and is trying to save three streams, the Tong, the Little Stour and the Dour from going dry this summer. — The Daily Telegraph, London: The Daily Telegraph plc
(continue with):
1991 Keep up the good work of entertaining your fans on court Steffi; we know you can do it; your fans are behind you all the way. — Tennis World, Sussex: Presswatch
1991 If the borrower could no longer afford to keep up the payments, the longer he stayed in the home the more the interest bill mounted. — The worst poverty, Barty-King, Hugh. Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1991, pages 85-203

Translations
trans-top|maintain, preserve
Finnish: ylläpitää
French: maintenir, conserver
trans-mid
Italian: mantenere, conservare
trans-bottom

trans-top|continue with
Finnish: jatkaa
French: continuer, maintenir
trans-mid
Italian: continuare, mantenere
trans-bottom

trans-top|To stay even or ahead
Finnish: pysyä mukana
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Derived terms
keep up appearances
keep up with
keep up with the Joneses

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