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A v. t. + avv.
1 tenere su; tenere alto; sostenere; reggere: Four pillars keep up the roof, quattro pilastri sostengono il tetto; to keep up one's trousers with braces, tenere su i pantaloni con le bretelle; Keep your head up!, tieni su (o tieni alta) la testa!
2 impedire a (q.) di andare a letto; tenere alzato; tenere in piedi: The hurricane kept us up all night, l'uragano ci tenne alzati tutta la notte
3 tenere alto (il morale, ecc.); tenere su: I often hum to keep my spirits up, spesso canticchio per tenermi su il morale; Keep up your courage!, fatevi animo!
4 tenere (o mantenere) alto (un prezzo, ecc.): to keep the price of oil up, tenere alto il prezzo del petrolio
5 mantenere; curare la manutenzione di; tenere bene: This house is too expensive to keep up, questa casa è troppo costosa da mantenere; to keep up an army, equipaggiare e mantenere un esercito
6 continuare; mantenere; proseguire; protrarre: to keep up a regular supply of st., mantenere regolari rifornimenti di qc.; to keep up a steady fire, mantenere un ininterrotto fuoco di fucileria; The attack was kept up all day, l'attacco si protrasse per tutto il giorno
7 mantenere; mantenere vivo; continuare a praticare: Old customs are still kept up here, qui si praticano ancora le vecchie usanze; to keep up a friendship with sb., mantenere viva l'amicizia con q.; to keep up the pressure, mantenere la pressione; to keep up a family tradition, mantenere viva una tradizione familiare; to keep up the conversation, tenere viva la conversazione
8 mantenere in esercizio; continuare a esercitare: to keep up one's French, tenersi in esercizio in francese
9 continuare a effettuare (un pagamento rateale): mantenersi in regola con
B v. i. + avv.
1 stare su; stare in piedi: How does that house of cards keep up?, come fa a stare in piedi quel castello di carte?
2 restare (o mantenersi) alto: Their morale kept up, il loro morale si mantenne intatto
3 non andare a dormire; restare alzato; restare in piedi
4 (spec. del tempo) continuare; durare; reggere: Do you think the fine weather will keep up?, credi che durerà (o reggerà) il bel tempo?; The rain kept up for three days, continuò a piovere per tre giorni
5 stare al passo; andare di pari passo: We stopped every now and then to allow him to keep up, ci fermavamo ogni tanto per permettergli di stare al passo con noi; I did my best to keep up with the other runners, feci di tutto per non rimanere indietro rispetto agli altri corridori
6 (fig.) stare alla pari; tenere il passo; tenere dietro; seguire: Do you think you can keep up?, credi che ce la farai a tenere il passo?; to keep up with the rest of the class, tenere il passo degli altri studenti della classe; Supplies can't keep up with demand, i rifornimenti non riescono a tener dietro alla domanda; Pensions are not keeping up with inflation, le pensioni non tengono il passo dell'inflazione; He speaks so fast I can't keep up with what he's saying, parla così in fretta che non riesco a seguire quello che dice □ to keep up appearances, salvare le apparenze □ (fam.) Keep up the good work!, ben fatto, continua così! □ (fig.) to keep one's guard up, tenere la guardia alta □ to keep oneself up, stare ritto; tenersi eretto; (anche) mantenersi (o stare) a galla.

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