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Definition of Keep pace
1. Verb. Maintain the same pace. "The child cannot keep step with his big brother"
Definition of Keep pace
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To run at the same speed as a pacesetter ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To progress at the same rate as another; to keep up ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keep Pace
Literary usage of Keep pace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... not be able to modify indefinitely the conditions in which the law of diminishing
returns operates, so that subsistence will keep pace with population ..."
2. Some Great Leaders in the World Movement by Robert Elliott Speer (1911)
"... which Mohammed was the author, and expect your civility of credence to keep
pace with theirs. If you try to convince them of any absurdities or ..."
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