Keep up
Keep up verb - To continue to operate or to meet one's needs.
Make
Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.
Both terms in one sentence
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He was able to make the second best Imperial pilot, pictured above, who is good enough to make a decent protagonist pilot feel like a child who can barely walk trying to keep up with a champion distance runner, look like a clueless farmboy. Casually.
Source: Ace Pilot -
It is using all the vents in the ship to keep up with you, and outright crawls up the side of the ship if you make too much noise on the deck.
Source: Video Game / Monstrum - Bella, trying to keep up the team's spirit, publicly guarantees they'll make the playoffs.
Source: Series / Bella And The Bulldogs
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