keeping up's Usage Examples:

However, Swann's momentum did not survive an effective barrage of advertising from Rendell in early spring and had trouble keeping up with Rendell's effective fundraising.

It can readily be seen what a price has to be paid for keeping up a custom which is rather old, it is true, but is practically a useless one save for the purpose of military display, the newspaper opined.

Burger King was expanding, but as McDonald's went public in 1965, organic growth became difficult in keeping up.

People in this stage progress by being taught techniques for keeping up their commitments such as substituting activities related to the unhealthy behavior with positive ones, rewarding themselves for taking steps toward changing, and avoiding people and situations that tempt them to behave in unhealthy ways.

If it does not succeed at keeping up with this requirement, reauthentication is demanded.

Notably, Friends did not consider it right to judge people on their material possessions, but this could not be achieved in a society which placed an emphasis on keeping up to date with inconsequential but expensive new trends.

"keeping up appearances" and emphasizing the purity of noble blood by apartness.

He had the same mentality in sports, where he used smarts and toughness he gained from keeping up with his older brothers to compensate for physical shortcomings.

problem-solving abilities Behavioral and social problems Failure to grow intellectually, or continued infant childlike behavior Problems keeping up in school.

Canisius had a solid season, keeping up with Monmouth the whole way.

The band"s official biography, keeping up their reputation for grandiloquence, also describes how they met in a Turkish bath.

Despite Nic Pothas scoring 59 off 39 balls, the Hawks were nowhere near keeping up with the required pace, and Middlesex bowler Irfan Pathan was a main cause of that – he took three for 16 from four overs, as Hampshire finished on 192 for 7.

Robinson commented that the kids had a hard time keeping up with all the new characters.

Synonyms:

pumped, tense, wired, pumped up,

Antonyms:

relaxed, unagitated, easy, unstrain, relax,