up with someone

up with someone
*up with someone
Fig. even with someone; caught up with someone. (*Typically: be \up with someone; catch \up with someone; get \up with someone.) •

I'm up with the best of them.

Are you up with your colleagues on this one?


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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