keep up
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keep up
Where it comes from
From Middle English kepen up (“to perpetuate, maintain, preserve”), equivalent to keep + up.
verb keeps up · keeping up · kept up
- To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling. This was the West Lancashire Railway, an ambitious but feckless little concern which, in a life lasting a quarter of a century, never earned a dividend, failed to keep up its debenture payments (despite a dangerous attempt to do so by issuing more debentures) and ended up in the hands of a receiver.
- To continue with (work, etc). Keep up the good work, team!
- To maintain position; to prevent oneself from falling behind; to stay even or ahead of another while walking, driving, etc. They ran so fast I could hardly keep up.
- To ensure that one remains well-informed about something. I always try to keep up with (or "keep up on") current affairs.
- To prevent someone from going to bed or to sleep The crying baby kept me up all night
- To use capital letters as much as reasonable.
