Meaning of keep pace | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To run at the same speed as a pacesetter
   idiomatic
2. To progress at the same rate as another; to keep up
   idiomatic

Examples

“As he had grown older, he found that he had grown away from his people. Their interests and his were far removed. They had not kept pace with him, nor could they understand aught of the many strange and wonderful dreams that passed through the active brain of their human king. So limited was their vocabulary that Tarzan could not even talk with them of the many new truths, and the great fields of thought that his reading had opened up before his longing eyes, or make known ambitions which stirred his soul.”

“From the 'fifties onwards the development of the South Wales & Monmouthshire coalfield went on at terrific speed, and railway construction was hard pressed to keep pace with it.”

“A £3½ million scheme to modify stations, track and signalling for the operation of ten- instead of eight-car trains on the South Eastern Division of the S.R. did no more than keep pace with the growth of peak-hour travel.”

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