<span class="searchmatch">kept</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> <span class="searchmatch">with</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">times</span> simple past and past participle of keep <span class="searchmatch">up</span> <span class="searchmatch">with</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">times</span>...
participle keeping up with the times, simple past and past participle <span class="searchmatch">kept</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> <span class="searchmatch">with</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">times</span>) (idiomatic) To change one's ideas, views or way of living in order...
“<span class="searchmatch">The</span> Culture Wars Look Different on Wikipedia”, in <span class="searchmatch">The</span> Atlantic[1]: <span class="searchmatch">The</span> desire to fix something wrong—in this case, articles that have not <span class="searchmatch">kept</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> with...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">up</span>-do From <span class="searchmatch">up</span>- + do. updo (plural updos) A woman's hairdo in which most hair is <span class="searchmatch">kept</span> above <span class="searchmatch">the</span> neck 2009 January 15, David Segal, Alison Leigh...
keeping <span class="searchmatch">up</span>, simple past and past participle <span class="searchmatch">kept</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>) (transitive) To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling. 1992, <span class="searchmatch">The</span> Daily Telegraph...
being <span class="searchmatch">kept</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> to date <span class="searchmatch">with</span> what was happening on a day-to-day basis, or that information wasn't always easy to come by. <span class="searchmatch">up</span> to date (plural <span class="searchmatch">up</span> to dates)...
oiled it up with about five <span class="searchmatch">times</span> more oil than was necessary. 1923, May, Boy's Life Tom oiled <span class="searchmatch">up</span> his chain and set out <span class="searchmatch">with</span> a dozen miles yet to go before...
disappointment. 2005 August 8, “Quotes of <span class="searchmatch">the</span> Day”, in Time, retrieved 12 Sept 2013: When <span class="searchmatch">the</span> sub got stuck, <span class="searchmatch">the</span> brass <span class="searchmatch">kept</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> fact under wraps for 32 hours before...
(plural <span class="searchmatch">times</span> out of mind) (idiomatic) <span class="searchmatch">The</span> distant past beyond anyone's memory. 1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from <span class="searchmatch">the</span> Eaſt-India...
made of flesh; but not being able to sleep, he passed <span class="searchmatch">the</span> night moving his joints <span class="searchmatch">up</span> and down to make sure they <span class="searchmatch">kept</span> in good working order. automatic act...