Keep up and Stay

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Keep up

Keep up verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.
Usage example: let's hope this beautiful weather keeps up for the rest of our vacation
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Stay and keep up are semantically related in keep topic. In some cases you can use "Stay" instead a verb "Keep up".

Stay

Stay verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
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Keep up and stay are semantically related in keep topic. Sometimes you can use "Keep up" instead a verb "Stay".
Nearby Words: stayed, staying

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  • Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World They lose all their friends not in the know, and stay in school just to keep up the pretense.
    Source: Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World
  • Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl In fact, Max and Lorelai probably didn't stay together because he couldn't keep up with her, as Dean noted.
    Source: Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl
  • Obfuscating Disability There's also the episode when a prank from Arnold left Helga temporarily blind, and she decides to keep up the charade so a guilt-ridden Arnold would stay at her side and help her at anything (obviously, she secretly did enjoy having him all for herself too).
    Source: Obfuscating Disability
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