Keep up and Leave

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

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

Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.

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Keep up and leave are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep up" instead a verb "Leave".

Nearby Words: leaving, leaven, leaved, leaver

There she becomes fast friends with Lightning Dust, a hyper-competitive pegasus cadet in her class who manages to keep up with her as they leave the other cadets in the dust while flying laps.

Source: Recap / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S3 E7 "Wonderbolts Academy"
He's an insanely strong hammer-wielder, but while pursuing someone, his teammates leave him behind because he can't keep up.

Source: A Load of Bull
Social Darwinist: Kron, who constantly says to leave the smallest and weakest dinosaurs that cannot keep up behind.

Source: Disney / Dinosaur

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