[adverb] - (of two or more people or moving objects) next to each other and facing in the same directionWe were running/cycling two abreast.The motorcyclist came abreast of his car and shouted abuse at him.If you are abreast of a subject or situation, you stay informed about the most recent facts about it.She's always abreast of the current political situation.I try to keep abreast of what's happening in psychology.
ABREAST
Meaning of ABREAST in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012