keep the home fires burning (English, verb)
expansion: keep the home fires burning (third-person singular simple present keeps the home fires burning, present participle keeping the home fires burning, simple past and past participle kept the home fires burning)
Senses:
glosses: To maintain daily routine and provide the necessities of life in a home or community.
tags: colloquial
idiomatic
Forms:
form: keeps the home fires burning
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: keeping the home fires burning
tags: participle
present
form: kept the home fires burning
tags: participle
past
form: kept the home fires burning
tags: past