Foster and Keep up

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Foster verb - To help the growth or development of.

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

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

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

Kor Phaeron, foster-father of Lorgar, was too old to become a space marine specifically because of this, and to keep up with the rest of the Word Bearers he had to get several augmentation surgeries and a specially-made suit of cataphractii terminator armor to join them.

Source: Required Secondary Powers / Tabletop Game
In Marvel's The Mighty Thor Thor's dad Odin shipped - and probably continues to ship - Thor with Sif, to the point that he set up a contest to prove to Thor that his mortal love interest, Jane Foster, simply couldn't keep up with the pantheon of Norse gods and goddesses.

Source: Shipper On Deck / Comics

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