kept up

Women's football has improved a lot and we haven't kept up.

As the world’s population has surged since the 1960s, food availability has more than kept up.

The criminals kept up the pressure, and told Jenny the notes were fake and not to touch them.

They have increased over recent years in cash terms, but their real-terms value has not kept up with the rising cost of living.

The brass band strikes up Ode to the Motherland as young children, kept up late for the occasion, their cheeks adorned with the Chinese flag, all shout in full song.