Keep up and Run down

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

Usage example: let's hope that old air conditioner keeps up through this heat wave

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Run down is an antonym for keep up.

Run down verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.

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Keep up is an antonym for run down.

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Run down and Keep up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_up/run_down

Keep up & Run down. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_up/run_down>.

Run down or Keep up. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_up/run_down.

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