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keep abreast of (someone or something)

1. To remain alongside someone or something. Try to keep abreast of the ship until we have a chance to board.
2. To remain closely informed about someone or something; to follow the developments of someone or something. As a news correspondent for the region, it's my job to keep abreast of any changes in the political landscape here. You're the manager, so it's up to you to keep abreast of everyone in your department.
3. To cause someone to remain closely informed about someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "keep" and "abreast." Thank you for the update. Be sure to keep me abreast of any changes in the situation.
See also: abreast, keep, of
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keep abreast of

Stay or cause to stay up-to-date with, as in He's keeping abreast of the latest weather reports, or Please keep me abreast of any change in his condition. This term alludes to the nautical sense of abreast, which describes ships keeping up with each other. [Late 1600s]
See also: abreast, keep, of
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

keep aˈbreast of something

make sure that you know all the most recent facts about a subject: It is almost impossible to keep abreast of all the latest developments in computing.
See also: abreast, keep, of, something
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