keep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kēp
ipa: /kiːp/
ipa: [kiːp]
ipa: [kʰɪjp]
ipa: [kʰɪjp]
ipa: [k̟çi(ː)p]
ipa: [k(ʰ)i(ː)p]
rhymes: -iːp
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Etymology: From Middle English kepen (“to keep, guard, look after, watch”), from Old English cēpan (“to seize, hold, observe”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōpijaną (“to look, heed, watch, observe”) (compare West Frisian kypje (“to look”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵab-, *ǵāb- (“to look after”) (compare Lithuanian žẽbti (“to eat reluctantly”), Russian забо́та (zabóta, “care, worry”)).
Senses: examples: text: to keep silence;  to keep possession
glosses: To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
examples: text: to keep one's word;  to keep one's promise
text: Both day and night did we keep company.
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
text: Within the Portal as I kept my Watch, / Swift gliding Shadows by the glimm'ring Moon, I could perceive in Forms of armed Men, / Poſſeſſ the Space that borders on the Porch— […]
ref: 1749, [Tobias George Smollett], The Regicide: Or, James the First, of Scotland. A Tragedy. […], London: […] [F]or the benefit of the author, →OCLC, Act V, scene v, page 70:
synonyms: fullfill
hold
honor
glosses: To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
examples: text: I keep a small stock of painkillers for emergencies.
text: I only meant to lend him the shirt at first, but it looked better on him than me, so I told him to keep it.
glosses: To hold the status of something.
To maintain possession of.
examples: text: I keep my specimens under glass to protect them.
text: The abundance of squirrels kept the dogs running for hours.
text: Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered.[…]The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
ref: 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
glosses: To hold the status of something.
To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
examples: text: I used to keep a diary.
glosses: To hold the status of something.
To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
glosses: To hold the status of something.
To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
examples: text: Metrocles somewhat indiscreetly, as he was disputing in his Schole, in presence of his auditory, let a fart, for shame whereof he afterwards kept his house and could not be drawen abroad[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: The wrathful skies / Gallow the very wanderers of the dark / And make them keep their caves.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
text: The following day she was so ill that she kept her bed; the husband went not once to enquire for her, nor did he send any message: he also kept his apartment, and was heard walking backwards and forwards with a hurried pace the whole of that day.
ref: 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 71:
text: "As I sat alone at my breakfast--Mrs. Challenger is in the habit of keeping her room of a morning--it suddenly entered my head that it would be entertaining and instructive to see whether I could find any limits to this woman's inperturbability."
ref: 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: To hold the status of something.
To remain in; to be confined to.
examples: text: I keep my pet gerbil away from my brother.
text: Don't let me keep you; I know you have things to be doing.
glosses: To hold the status of something.
To restrain.
examples: text: May the Lord keep you from harm.
text: cursse on thy cruell hond, / That twise hath sped; yet shall it not thee keepe / From the third brunt of this my fatall brond […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To hold the status of something.
To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
raw_tags: with from
examples: text: He kept a mistress for over ten years.
glosses: To hold the status of something.
To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
examples: text: He has been keeping orchids since retiring.
text: Of course boys are boys and need watching, but there is little watching necessary when they keep chickens.
ref: 1914, Robert Joos, Success with Hens, Forbes & company, page 217:
text: Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
ref: 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To hold the status of something.
To raise; to care for.
raw_tags: of living things
examples: text: I know that it's a secret / And that I gotta keep it / But I want the lights on / Yeah, I want the lights on
ref: 2012, Anthony Reyes, Melissa Sheppard, “Leave the Lights On”, in The Bright Side, performed by Meiko:
glosses: To hold the status of something.
To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
examples: text: like a pedant that keeps a school
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
text: They were honourably accompanied and with great estate brought to London, where euery of them kept house by himselfe.
ref: 1630, John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: John Partridge, page 114:
text: At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
ref: 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To hold the status of something.
To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
glosses: To hold the status of something.
To have habitually in stock for sale.
examples: text: She kept to her bed while the fever lasted.
text: Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps, / To ruminate strange plots of dire revenge; […]
ref: c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: To hold or be held in a state.
To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
examples: text: I keep taking the tablets, but to no avail.
text: Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. […] Next day she […] tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 361:
text: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic[…]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become.[…]But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
ref: 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
glosses: To hold or be held in a state.
To continue.
examples: text: Potatoes can keep if they are in a root cellar.
text: Latex paint won't keep indefinitely.
text: If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep.
ref: 1707, John Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry:
glosses: To hold or be held in a state.
To remain edible or otherwise usable.
examples: text: The rabbit avoided detection by keeping still.
text: Keep calm! There's no need to panic.
glosses: To hold or be held in a state.
To remain in a state.
glosses: To hold or be held in a state.
To have rooms at college, at the University of Cambridge.
examples: text: And thenne whan the damoysel knewe certaynly that he was not syre launcelot / thenne she took her leue and departed from hym / And thenne syre Trystram rode pryuely vnto the posterne where kepte hym la beale Isoud / and there she made hym good chere and thanked god of his good spede
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter X, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
glosses: To wait for, keep watch for.
examples: text: Godfrey Evans kept for England for many years.
topics: ball-games
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glosses: To act as wicket-keeper.
examples: text: […] kepe that the lustes choke not the word of God that is sowen in vs,
ref: c. 1530, William Tyndale, “A Pathway into the holy Scripture”, in The Whole Workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, London: John Day, published 1573, page 384:
glosses: To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
examples: text: School keeps today.
glosses: To be in session; to take place.
examples: text: I have kept the faith: […]
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Timothy 4:7:
text: Be strong, live happie, and love, but first of all / Him whom to love is to obey, and keep / His great command; […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1271–1272:
glosses: To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
examples: text: […] 'tis hallowed ground;
No Maid seeks here her strayed Cow, or Sheep,
Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep:
ref: c. 1608, John Fletcher, The Faithful Shepherdess, Act III, Scene 1:
glosses: To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
examples: text: to keep the Sabbath
text: The feast of St. Stephen is kept on December 26.
text: "Nephew!" returned the uncle sternly, "keep Christmas in your own way, and let me keep it in mine."
ref: 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave I. Marley’s Ghost.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 8:
text: "Oh, we are from Osthalla," says one of them, "we are going to the Veien dairy to keep the wedding; the one who drives in front is the parson, next are the bride and bridegroom, and I am his father-in-law."
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 288:
glosses: To observe or celebrate (a holiday).
examples: text: Help me keep all these books, thanks.
text: […] semantic shift: e.g., to send (“to give a lift”), to keep (“to put away”), to hack (“to remove carefully,” e.g., tiles, plaster, etc.), knock (“to remove a dent from a car”), bluff (“to joke”), stay (“to live”) […]
ref: 2019, Sarah Buschfeld, Children’s English in Singapore: Acquisition, Properties, and Use, →ISBN, Singapore English, page 33:
glosses: To put (something) back; to put away.
Synonyms: sense: maintain possession of
word: retain
sense: maintain the condition of
word: preserve
sense: maintain the condition of
word: protect
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: a man is known by the company he keeps
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: an apple a day keeps the doctor at bay
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: an apple a day keeps the doctor away
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: book-keep
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: don't keep a dog and bark yourself
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: gate-keep
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: gatekeep
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word: gift that keeps on giving
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: how are you keeping
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keepability
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keepable
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep a civil tongue
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep a civil tongue in one's head
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep a civil tongue in one's mouth
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep a close watch
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep a cool head
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word: keep across
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep a dog and bark oneself
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word: keep ahead
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep a lid on
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keepalive
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep a look-out
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep a lookout
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word: keep a low profile
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep an act
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep an eye on
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep an eye open
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep an eye out
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep an eye peeled
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep an eye skinned
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep around
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep at
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word: keep at arm's length
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep a tight rein on
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep a watch out
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep-away
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep away
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep away from
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word: keep a weather eye open
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word: keep back
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word: keep body and soul together
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word: keep cave
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep company
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word: keep counsel
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word: keep cup
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word: keep down
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word: keep faith
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep fit
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep from
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word: keep going
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word: keep good hours
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word: keep good time
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep hope alive
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word: keep house
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word: keepie-uppie
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keepy-uppy
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word: keep in
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word: keep in mind
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep in with
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word: keep it 100
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word: keep it a bean
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word: keep it a buck
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word: keep it a buck fifty
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word: keep it a stack
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word: keep it between the ditches
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep it down
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word: keep it in one's pants
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word: keep it in the family
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word: keep it moving
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word: keep it one hundred
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word: keep it real
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep it together
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word: keep it up
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word: keep measures
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word: keepnet
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word: keep off
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word: keep off the street
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word: keep off the streets
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word: keep on
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word: keep on about
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word: keep one on one's toes
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word: keep one's breath to cool one's porridge
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word: keep one's cards close to one's chest
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word: keep one's chapels
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word: keep one's chin up
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word: keep one's cool
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word: keep one's counsel
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's countenance
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's distance
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's ears open
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word: keep oneself to oneself
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word: keep one's end up
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's eyeballs peeled
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's eye in
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's eye on the ball
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's eyes on the ball
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's eyes open
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's eyes peeled
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's eyes skinned
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word: keep one's fingers crossed
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's guard up
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word: keep one's hair on
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's hand in
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's hands to oneself
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word: keep one's head
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's head above the water
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's head above water
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's head below the parapet
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word: keep one's head down
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's head on a swivel
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word: keep one's head on one's shoulders
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word: keep one's head upon one's shoulders
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word: keep one's knickers on
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word: keep one's lips sealed
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's mouth shut
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word: keep one's nerve
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's nose clean
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's options open
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's own counsel
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's pants on
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word: keep one's peace
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's pecker up
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's powder dry
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word: keep one's shirt on
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's side of the bargain
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's stick on the ice
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's temper
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's tits on
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's voice down
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's wits about one
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep one's word
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep on keeping on
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep on truckin'
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep on trucking
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep order
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep out
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep out of
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep pace
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep quiet
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep rank
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keepsake
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep schtum
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep score
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep shady
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep shtum
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keepsies
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep sight of
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep somebody in stitches
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep somebody posted
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep someone company
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep someone guessing
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep someone honest
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep someone in the loop
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep someone on ice
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep someone on their toes
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep someone posted
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep someone posted up
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep someone sweet
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep someone up at night
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep someone up late
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep soul and body together
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep straight
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep tabs on
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep telling yourself that
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep term
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep the baby
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep the ball rolling
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep the bones green
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep the book
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep the change
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep the faith
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep the field
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep the flag flying
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep the home fires burning
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep the lights on
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep the pace
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep the peace
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word: keep the pot boiling
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word: keep the powder dry
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word: keep the show on the road
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word: keep the wolf from the door
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word: keep time
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep to
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep together
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep to oneself
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep to one's knitting
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep to one's own knitting
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep track
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep tryst
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep under
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep up
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep up appearances
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep up with
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep up with the Joneses
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep vigil
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep watch
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep wicket
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep with
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word: keep-worthy
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keepworthy
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word: keep your pecker up
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: keep yourself safe
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: miskeep
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: outkeep
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: overkeep
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: right to keep and bear arms
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: take a licking and keep on ticking
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: the family that sleeps together keeps together
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: time-keep
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: time keep
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: timekeep
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: underkeep
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: upkeep
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: why keep a dog and bark yourself
sense: Terms derived from keep (verb)
word: you can't keep a good man down
Related terms: for keeps