Keep up and Lag

Keep up

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

Lag is an antonym for keep up.

Lag

Lag verb - To lose bodily strength or vigor.

Keep up is an antonym for lag.

Nearby Word: lagging

Both terms in one sentence

  • Video Game / Odin Sphere Fortunately, the game seems to be able to keep up in the remake, with little to no lag.
  • Anime / Digimon: The Movie Reality Ensues: Getting a truly massive amount of emails on a 90's dial-up internet connection gives them huge amounts of internet lag which ends up contributing to WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon's asskicking when they can't keep up.
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