Keep up and Wear

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

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

Wear verb - To use up all the physical energy of.

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Keep up and wear are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep up" instead a verb "Wear".

Nearby Words: weary, wearing, weariness, wearable, wearer

Fairy-horses can keep up with a car going 100mph, and their leader the Horned Hunter can jump his horse over said moving car, but they'll eventually wear out.

Source: Somewhere, an Equestrian Is Crying
Except Bison makes him look like a complete joke, by teleporting around him faster than Guile could keep up with, essentially letting Guile wear himself out trying to hit him.

Source: Victory by Endurance
Fairy-horses can keep up with cars, but they'll eventually wear out.

Source: Literature / Moonflowers

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