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keep pace
Also, keep up. Go at the same rate as others, not fall behind. For example, The teacher told his mother that Jimmy was not keeping up with the class. Shakespeare had the first term in A Midsummer Night's Dream (3:2): “My legs cannot keep pace with my desires.” [Late 1500s]
Example Sentences
With Ojomoh keeping pace with the Scot on the break, Russell spun a looping pass for his team-mate to dive under the posts.
The police chiefs' letter sets out how government funding "has not kept pace with demand", which has left "very limited room for manoeuvre" within police services.
Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut “The Chronology of Water” follows a boozy, damaged poet who could keep pace with that drinking game.
The Accounts Commission warned that funding had not kept pace with inflation, higher costs and increased demand for public services.
She argued that the welfare state had "simply not kept pace" with increases in life expectancy or rises in the numbers with disabilities and long-term health conditions.
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