Keep up and Lead

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

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

Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.

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Keep up and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep up" instead a verb "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

Roll-up captions are done live and can lead to some funny errors.note Whenever a captionist comes across an incoherent or unfamiliar word, he must quickly provide one as close to the dialogue as possible to keep up with the speech, no matter how ridiculous it may sound.

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Never My Fault: Andrew does this inadvertently during the VIP convoy in Mexico City, when he doesn't keep up with the lead car, but calls himself out on it in the narration.

Source: Series / Don't Drive Here!
Tara and Wil were in the lead when they jumped out of the cabs, but Tara was asthmatic and could not keep up, allowing more physically fit Chris and Alex to race past her and win the million dollars.

Source: Down to the Last Play

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