keep abreast

1. 1.

   keep informed

   “He kept up on his country's foreign policies”

   Synonymskeep upfollow

Questions about keep abreast

What does keep abreast mean?

keep abreast means "keep informed".

What is another word for keep abreast?

Close synonyms include keep up, follow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is keep abreast a common word?

keep abreast is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.