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keep mum	Do not talk; especially keep silent about something that may be sensitive or secret.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep on	To remain in an existing position.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep on	Persist or continue.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep on truckin	To continue or persist, regardless of circumstances or setbacks; to keep trying or striving.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep on truckin'	To continue or persist, regardless of circumstances or setbacks; to keep trying or striving.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep on trucking	to persevere	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep one's eyes peeled	To watch closely; to look for.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep one's hair on	To stay calm; to be patient.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep one's head	To remain calm, reasonable, level-headed, especially in a situation likely to cause distress.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep one's head down	To avoid trouble or attention.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep one's head down	Used other than as an idiom.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep one's lips sealed	To keep quiet; to keep a secret; to not tell.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep one's mouth shut	To keep a secret; to refrain from speaking indiscreetly or carelessly.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep one's pants on	To stay calm.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep one's pecker up	Remain cheerful; keep smiling.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep one's shirt on	To be more patient or to calm down.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep oneself to oneself	To be introverted; to stay away from others.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep out	The warning kept him out.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep pace	To progress at the same rate as another; to keep up	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep pace	To run at the same speed as a pacesetter	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep quiet	Remain silent.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep shtum	Don't tell anyone; especially, keep silent about something that may be sensitive or secret.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep somebody in stitches	To keep somebody laughing hard or amused.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep someone company	To remain with or accompany someone, especially to make them feel more comfortable with a certain situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep someone on a leash	Setting unreasonable time constraints, requiring excessive reporting of actions, projecting an expanded and ridiculously contrived schedule of tasks.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep someone on ice	to keep someone uninformed or uncontacted	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep someone posted	To inform (someone) regularly of the latest developments.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Keep Something under Your Hat	To hold off disclosing something, not to reveal something secret	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep straight	To avoid confusing or mixing up something; to keep something clear or organized.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep tabs on	To monitor; to keep track of; to watch.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep telling yourself that	Said to someone who has ill-conceived, false beliefs.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep the ball rolling	To continue an action indicated in the context; to sustain a process.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep the change	An instruction to a taxi driver, waiter etc. to keep the change from the amount handed over as a tip	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep the home fires burning	To maintain daily routine and provide the necessities of life in a home or community.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep the peace	To maintain order in a volatile situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep the pot boiling	To keep going on actively, as in certain games.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep the wolf from the door	To ward off poverty or hunger.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep the wolf from the door	To delay sexual ejaculation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep time	To control the beat or rhythm of a song played by a music group	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep to	To adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep to oneself	To refrain from telling or otherwise expressing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep to oneself	To purposely avoid interaction with others.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep together	To strive to maintain a group; to prevent a group from separating; to remain together.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep under	To hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep up	To stay even or ahead.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep up appearances	To pretend to be all right or that everything is going well.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep up with the joneses	To do or buy things for status, show, or image rather than out of need, especially for the purpose of competing with friends or neighbors.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Keep Up With the Joneses	To live up to like ones neighbors, to maintain a living standard as one’s influential neighbors have	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep watch	To guard; to watch over someone or something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep your britches on!	"Be Patient", "Keep Your Pants ON!", "Don't Get All Excited!"	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)

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