keep pace

Idioms  

1. 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]

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keep pace

Consider withdrawing 4% to 5% of your retirement savings in your first year of retirement, then increasing that amount annually to keep pace with inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Seeing he could easily keep pace with Piastri despite being in the dirty air, he said he always believed the win was on.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Conventional electronic semiconductors are struggling to keep pace because they consume large amounts of energy and face limits in how quickly they can transmit data.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Navy has spent years trying to increase its number of warships to keep pace with China’s growing military fleet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Fiona looked back at me and rolled her eyes, trying to keep pace.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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