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31keep your trap shut — spoken phrase used for telling someone rudely to keep something secret Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to stop talking or to be quietsynonym ways of telling or not telling secretssynonym Main entry: trap …
32keep your voice down — informal phrase used for telling someone to be quiet Could you keep your voices down? I’m trying to read. Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to stop talking or to be quietsynonym Main entry: voice …
33keep back — index arrest (stop), check (restrain), constrain (restrain), constrict (inhibit), delay …
34keep someone sane — phrase to stop someone worrying or becoming mentally ill Reading and talking is what kept him sane. Thesaurus: to make someone less nervous or upsetsynonym Main entry: sane …
35keep something on ice — keep/put/something on ice informal phrase to delay doing anything about a plan or idea The whole deal was put on ice when the stock market fell sharply. Thesaurus: to stop doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animal …
36keep your hands off — informal phrase to not touch someone or something Thesaurus: to stop holding or touching somethingsynonym Main entry: hand …
37keep back — stop; restrain; hide, conceal …
38keep — keep1 W1S1 [ki:p] v past tense and past participle kept [kept] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not change)¦ 2¦(continue doing something)¦ 3¦(not give back)¦ 4¦(not lose)¦ 5¦(store something)¦ 6¦(make somebody stay in a place)¦ 7¦(delay somebody)¦ 8¦(do what you… …
39keep — [[t]ki͟ːp[/t]] ♦ keeps, keeping, kept 1) V LINK ERG If someone keeps or is kept in a particular state, they remain in it. [V n adj/prep] The noise kept him awake... [V n adj/prep] Reggie was being kept busy behind the bar... [V adj/prep] To keep… …
40keep — keep1 [ kip ] (past tense and past participle kept [ kept ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stay in state/position ▸ 2 (make) continue/repeat ▸ 3 continue to have ▸ 4 store ▸ 5 (make) stay within limit ▸ 6 do what you said ▸ 7 provide money for ▸ 8 take care of… …
