keep pace

Definitions

1. 1

   To run at the same speed as a pacesetter

2. 2

   To progress at the same rate as another

   To progress at the same rate as another; to keep up

   • 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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