Keep up - definition, transcription
Amer.
|ˈkiːp ʌp|
Brit.
|kiːp ʌp|
verb
- maintain a required pace or level
- prevent from going to bed at night
He could not keep up and dropped out of the race
- lengthen or extend in duration or space (syn: prolong, sustain)keep up the good work
- keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction (syn: conserve, maintain, preserve)The old lady could not keep up the building
- keep informed (syn: follow)- prevent from going to bed at night
Extra examples
...let's hope that old air conditioner keeps up through this heat wave...
...kept the house up while the owners were gone...
I've kept up a friendship with a girl I was at school with twenty years ago.
Keep it up!
How do you keep up a house as large as this without help?
Will the weather keep up?
Dave couldn't keep up with the class
He could not keep up and dropped out of the race
The old lady could not keep up the building
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