Keep up and Spread

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

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

Spread verb - To cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people.

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Keep up and spread are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep up" instead a verb "Spread".

Nearby Words: spreading, spreader

If a mermaid tells a human her secret she'll turn into sea foam (supposedly; it's never tested, and the manga implies it might be a lie spread to keep up the Masquerade).

Source: Our Mermaids Are Different
The show had two graveyard slots, showing during the very early morning before kids were up, and in the early afternoon when their target audience was still in school, and the episodes aired in order spread across the two slots - so fans had to watch twice a day to keep up.

Source: Screwed By The Network / Anime

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