keep pace

[keep pace] {v. phr.}

To go as fast; go at the same rate; not get behind.

* /When they go for a walk, Johnny has to take long steps to keep pace with his father./

* /When Billy was moved to a more advanced class, he had to work hard to keep pace./

Compare: KEEP UP(2a).

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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