Keep up
Keep up verb - To continue to operate or to meet one's needs.
Supporting and keep up are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Supporting" with "Keep up", this verbs are similar.
Supporting
Supporting adjective - Serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something.
Keep up and supporting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep up" instead a verb "Supporting".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- This is the only series where the supporting cast is able to keep up with and fight on the same level as The Hero.
Source: Fixed Relative Strength - Saph takes great lengths to ensure that other protagonists, including minor supporting characters such as Casey, are able to keep up with Ash (to some degree).
Source: Fan Fic / Ashes of the Past
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Supporting and Keep up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_up/supporting
Keep up & Supporting. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_up/supporting>.
Supporting or Keep up. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep_up/supporting.
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