Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To maintain or continue a positive streak.

    The new teacher was so enthusiastic; I hope she can keep it up until the end of the year.

    weiter so

    продолжа́ть в том же духеprodolžátʹ v tom že duxe

  2. (idiomatic)To maintain one's erection.

    Ever hear of Viagra? It's not my fault you can't keep it up anymore.

Examples

559 sentences
  1. Try to keep up with him.

    Спробуй триматися з ним на рівних. — JeNNeR

    ruПопробуй держаться с ним наравне. — Hellerick

  2. Try to keep up with Tom.

    Спробуй не відставати від Тома. — deniko

    ruПостарайся не отставать от Тома. — sharptoothed

    deVersuche, mit Tom Schritt zu halten. — Esperantostern

  3. Will the price keep going up?

    Ціна продовжуватиме зростати? — deniko

    ruЦена будет продолжать расти? — marafon

    deWird der Preis weiter steigen? — Luiaard

  4. It's hard to keep up with Tom.

    З Томом важко бути на рівних. — deniko

    ruЗа Томом трудно угнаться. — sharptoothed

    deEs ist nicht einfach, mit Tom mitzuhalten. — raggione

  5. I have trouble keeping up with Tom.

    Мені складно триматися на рівних з Томом. — deniko

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
maintain or continue a positive streak:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
maintain or continue a positive streak:

Forms

keeps it up, keeping it up, kept it up, kept it up
Base formkeep it up · to keep it up
3rd person singularkeeps it up
Present participlekeeping it up
Past simplekept it up
Past participlekept it up

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykeep it up
he, she, itkeeps it up

Past simpleLesson

all personskept it up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kept it up
he, she, ithas kept it up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill keep it up

Word family

1 related words
Relatedkeep up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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