Base and Keep up

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Base verb - To find a basis.

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Keep up and base are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep up" instead a verb "Base".

Nearby Words: basic, basal, based, baseline, baseball

Keep up verb - To continue to operate or to meet one's needs.

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Base and keep up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Base" instead a verb "Keep up".

The base is split between those who think she's a Jerkass due to her arrogance and constant boasting, and those who think she actually has the skills to keep up with her boasts.

Source: Broken Base / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Since Gaz can't afford to have the LEECHY away from Zim's base for the amount of time the trip would take (and doesn't want to explain to Dib why she can't go), Zim creates a robot duplicate of her that can go on the trip and that she can control remotely to keep up the illusion.

Source: Fanfic / My Hostage Not Yours
A few Centauri remained on the island the Shadows were using as a base to keep up appearances when Londo set up his gambit to get rid of Shadow influence before the Vorlons came to destroy them.

Source: Heroic Suicide

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