keep pace (with someone or something)
- keep pace (with someone or something)
keep pace (with someone or something)
1. Lit. to move at the same speed as someone, something, or an animal; to match someone or some creature pace for pace. •
The black horse was having a hard time keeping pace with the brown one.
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Tom runs very fast and I couldn't keep pace with him.
2. Fig. to manage to move, learn, change, etc., at the same rate as someone or something. •
Bill can't keep pace with the geometry class.
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You've just got to keep pace.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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