keep pace

Idioms and Phrases

Also, keep up . Go at the same rate as others, not fall behind. For example, The teacher told his mother that Jimmy was not keeping up with the class . Shakespeare had the first term in A Midsummer Night's Dream (3:2): “My legs cannot keep pace with my desires.” [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

Headteachers say funding from government has not kept pace with soaring demand, meaning both mainstream and special schools are struggling to cope.

From BBC

The Raiders will have a tough time keeping pace offensively in this matchup.

From Los Angeles Times

He said engineering projects could cope with "complex planning rules", but there was a "growing inability of planning processes to keep pace with applications".

From BBC

A review for the Welsh government said there was broad consensus that the income threshold for receiving EMA was now too low and had not kept pace with rising incomes and inflation.

From BBC

“In a large number of cases, universities borrowed money, believing that the undergraduate tuition fee would keep pace with inflation,” explains Vivienne Stern.

From BBC

Related Words

• complement
• correlate
• correspond
• imitate