Keep up and Protect

Keep up

Keep up verb - To keep in good condition.
Usage example: kept the house up while the owners were gone

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

Protect

Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

Keep up and protect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep up" instead a verb "Protect".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Creator / Jackie Chan This forces him into a bit of trickery to protect her, knowing there was no way she could keep up with him.
  • Manga / Amakusa 1637 She's at first mistaken as him, then she must keep up the charade to protect the people and avert the Shimabara Rebellion because the real Shirou is Dead All Along.
  • Video Game / Ghost Trick One of the villains admits that he knew about Sissel's interference in his plan, but he couldn't keep up with his ghost tricks, so he let Sissel protect Lynne et. al.
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