al passo

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “at pace”.

Prepositional phrase

at pace; abreast
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 11, in Chicca Galli; Paolo Lucca; Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
  La maggior parte degli americani... non aveva né il tempo né la disposizione d'animo per tenersi al passo con i dettagli del processo legislativo...
  Most Americans... didn't have the time or inclination to keep up with the details of the legislative process...
  (literally, “Most Americans... had neither the time nor the disposition of mind to keep themselves abreast with the details of the legislative process...”)
tenersi al passo con ― to keep up with (literally, “to keep oneself abreast with”)

Derived terms

mettersi al passo con i tempi

Anagrams

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