keep up | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive)Tomaintain; topreserve; topreventfromdeterioratingorfalling.1992,The Daily Telegraph, London:The NRA is pumping groundwater into the River Itchen in Hampshire tokeep upits flow and is trying to save three streams, the Tong, the Little Stour and the Dour from going dry this summer.; (transitive,idiomatic)To continue with (work, etc).1687, John Aubrey,Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page40:Non obstante the Change of Religion, the Plough-boies, and also the Schooleboies willkeep-upand retain their old Ceremonies and Customes and priviledges.1991,Tennis World, Sussex: Presswatch:Keep upthe good work of entertaining your fans on court Steffi; we know you can do it; your fans are behind you all the way.1991, Hugh Barty-King,The worst poverty, Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, pages85–203:If the borrower could no longer afford tokeep upthe payments, the longer he stayed in the home the more the interest bill mounted.; (intransitive,idiomatic)To stay even or ahead.They ran so fast I could hardlykeep up.2012May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:Rooney and his team-mates started ponderously, as if sensing the enormity of the occasion, but once Scholes began to link with Ryan Giggs in the middle of the park, the visitors increased the tempo with Sunderland struggling tokeep up.2021September 8, Howard Johnston, “Network News: HS2 jobs boost - but skills shortage a concern”, inRAIL, number939, page16:However, there are some warning signs. Phases 1 and 2A labour requirements are expected to peak at around 26,500 over the next two years, and there will be a constant labour demand until 2025-26, but there are signs that the skills training programmes may not be able tokeep up.; To ensure that one remains well-informed about something.I always try tokeep upwith (or "keep up on") current affairs.; To prevent someone from going to bed or to sleepThe crying babykeptmeupall night; (obsolete,printing)To use capital letters as much as reasonable.Antonym:keep down

Examples:

EN: I just can't keep up with this.
ES: No puedo seguir el ritmo de esto.
EN: Slow down, man. We can't keep up.
ES: ¡Hombre, no corras tanto!
EN: I can keep up the search, but it's only bodies down there now.
ES: Puedo seguir buscando, pero no hay más que muertos ahí abajo.
EN: I've got expenses of my own to keep up.
ES: Tengo muchos gastos
EN: Tell her she must keep up her strength.
ES: Pues dígale que tiene que conservar sus fuerzas.
EN: Well... Well, we have to keep up with you young fellas, you know. I know.
ES: Bueno, tengo que seguiros el paso a vosotros, los jóvenes.
EN: What's more, keep up the good work, and who knows, someday you'll be the fellow sitting behind that desk.
ES: Además, sigue trabajando así y quién sabe, algún día te sentarás en esta mesa.
EN: Would you mind telling me how long this is going to keep up?
ES: ¿Cuánto cree que va durar esta broma?
EN: Meantime, I'll keep up artificial respiration.
ES: Mientras yo continuaré dándole respiración artifical.
EN: Let me tell you: a young girl should keep up mit the style.
ES: Permítame decírselo: una joven debe vestir a la moda.
EN: Why don't my folks keep up their house? Why don't they have a garden? Why haven't they got milk for their children?
ES: ¿Por qué mi gente no se queda con la casa, el huerto o la leche?
EN: We can't keep up.
ES: - No podemos seguirlos.
EN: 'If they keep up this speed, something is bound to give way.' 'And it'll probably be that tire.'
ES: Joe apuesta a que la rueda aguantará hasta el final.
EN: How much longer do you expect to keep up this idiotic pretence?
ES: ¿Cuánto tiempo más vas a seguir con esta estúpida farsa?
EN: Oh, how long is this going to keep up?
ES: ¿Cuánto va a durar? ¿Es que no va a parar nunca?

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