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keeping up meaning

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    Definition of keeping up in English Dictionary

  • VerbBFkeep upSGkeeps upPT, PPkept up
    1. present participle of keep up.
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      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Rentokil was exposed as a business whose managers had underinvested to keep up with past glories.
        • I hope I can keep up this streak of accomplishments. ‎
        • For my father's sake, I thought I must keep up appearances, but the food stuck in my throat, and I could not swallow another mouthful.
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        • Verb forms
          • Participles
            • Present participles
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      1. en keeping up with the Joneses
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of keeping up for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this idiom "keeping up" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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