English Reference

Idiom

keep pace

Meaning

To run at the same speed as a pacesetter

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I cannot keep pace with you when you walk so fast.”

“The new student struggled to keep pace with the rest of the class during the difficult math lesson.”

“As the global market evolves rapidly, many traditional companies find it increasingly difficult to keep pace with the innovative strategies of their younger competitors.”

Examples

simple

“I cannot keep pace with you when you walk so fast.”

contextual

“The new student struggled to keep pace with the rest of the class during the difficult math lesson.”

complex

“As the global market evolves rapidly, many traditional companies find it increasingly difficult to keep pace with the innovative strategies of their younger competitors.”

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