Keep up and Take up

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

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

Take up verb - To move from a lower to a higher place or position.

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Keep up and take up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep up" instead a verb "Take up".

Take Up My Sword: After Steve's seeming death in 1945, William Naslund and then Jeffrey Mace took his place in order to keep up troop morale; when he seemingly died again in the 21st century, his former sidekick Bucky took up the shield.

Source: Comic Book / Captain America

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