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keep up

/ keep up /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
prevent from going to bed at night
"The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night"
"I kept myself up all night studying for the exam"
Causes:
stay up sit up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 2
"He kept up on his country''s foreign policies"
Verb group:
trace follow
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
"He could not keep up and dropped out of the race"
Kinds of:
keep step keep pace
Entails:
compete vie contend
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 4
"We sustained the diplomatic negociations as long as possible"
"prolong the treatment of the patient"
"keep up the good work"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 5
"We preserve these archeological findings"
"The old lady could not keep up the building"
"children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"
"The museum curator conserved the an"
Type of:
keep
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
58%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
31
Times Searched
3
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