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kept up

verb as in maintain, sustain

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Provided fluids are kept up, there is no serious risk to the baby.

In a few cases, however, justices kept up a “political life” of one sort or another.

Not long ago I heard a young man ask why people still kept up Memorial Day, and it set me thinking of the answer.

And all along the right has kept up a constant drumbeat of baseless personal attacks against him.

Ailes left CNBC to launch Fox News in 1996, but he and Bartiromo kept up with each other.

The wind and rain had ceased, but the dripping of the branches still kept up an excellent imitation of a downpour.

The creature kept up a deafening squealing, while out of the bush rushed Dandy, the farmers dog.

Arrived at Súgud, the Moros kept up a constant fire from the hills on the American front.

I have paid to have a fire kept up in the furnace for a week so that the pipes would not freeze.

Besides, there was a good reason why the owner paid to have the fires kept up all this week of cold weather.

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On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to keep up, such as: hold on, balance, compete, contend, continue, and emulate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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