kept (verb)
51squirrel away — verb save up as for future use • Syn: ↑hoard, ↑stash, ↑cache, ↑lay away, ↑hive up • Derivationally related forms: ↑cache (for: ↑cache), ↑ …
52keep abreast — verb keep informed (Freq. 1) He kept up on his country s foreign policies • Syn: ↑keep up, ↑follow • Verb Group: ↑trace, ↑follow • Verb Frames …
53keep on — verb allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature We cannot continue several servants any longer She retains a lawyer The family s fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff Our grant has run out and… …
54reserve — verb 1》 retain for future use. 2》 arrange for (a seat, ticket, etc.) to be kept for the use of a particular person. 3》 retain or hold (a right or entitlement). 4》 refrain from delivering (a judgement or decision) without due consideration or… …
55interrupt — verb ADVERB ▪ impatiently ▪ rudely ▪ What was I saying, before we were so rudely interrupted? ▪ angrily, harshly, sharply ▪ …
56admit — verb admitted, admitting (T) 1 to accept and agree unwillingly that something is true or that someone else is right: I was really scared, Jenny admitted. | admit (that): You may not like her, but you have to admit that she s good at her job. | I… …
57buy time — verb act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑delay, ↑detain, ↑hold up • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s * * * delay an event temporarily so as to …
58come out of the closet — verb to state openly and publicly one s homosexuality This actor outed last year • Syn: ↑out, ↑come out • Hypernyms: ↑unwrap, ↑disclose, ↑let on, ↑bring out, ↑ …
59go to sleep — verb prepare for sleep (Freq. 3) I usually turn in at midnight He goes to bed at the crack of dawn • Syn: ↑go to bed, ↑turn in, ↑bed, ↑crawl in, ↑kip down, ↑ …
60keep mum — verb refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent The children shut up when their father approached • Syn: ↑close up, ↑clam up, ↑dummy up, ↑shut up, ↑belt up, ↑button up, ↑be quiet …
