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91keep on — 1) see keep 7) 2) PHRASAL VERB If you keep someone on, you continue to employ them, for example after they are old enough to retire or after other employees have lost their jobs. [V n P] Sometimes they keep you on a bit longer if there s no one… …
92keep up — 1) go on, not stop, continue He is working hard to keep up the same level of production as last year. 2) keep something at the same level or rate or in good condition He spends a lot of time trying to keep up the garden of his house. 3) (smb)… …
93keep in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms keep in : present tense I/you/we/they keep in he/she/it keeps in present participle keeping in past tense kept in past participle kept in British to make someone stay in a place, especially in school as a… …
94keep on at — NAG, go on at, harp on at, badger, chivvy, harass, hound, pester; informal hassle. → keep * * * keep on at (informal) To nag, badger • • • Main Entry: ↑keep …
95keep at — {v.} To continue to do; go on with. * /Mary kept at her homework until she finished it./ Compare: KEEP ON(1), KEEP UP(1b) …
96keep on — {v.} 1. To go ahead; not stop; continue. * /The neighbors asked them to stop making noise, but they kept right on./ * /Columbus kept on until he saw land./ Often used before a present participle. * /Relentlessly, the boy kept on asking about the… …
97keep at — {v.} To continue to do; go on with. * /Mary kept at her homework until she finished it./ Compare: KEEP ON(1), KEEP UP(1b) …
98keep on — {v.} 1. To go ahead; not stop; continue. * /The neighbors asked them to stop making noise, but they kept right on./ * /Columbus kept on until he saw land./ Often used before a present participle. * /Relentlessly, the boy kept on asking about the… …
99keep up — verb a) To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating. The NRA is pumping groundwater into the River Itchen in Hampshire to keep up its flow and is trying to save three streams, the Tong, the Little Stour and the Dour from going dry… …
100keep up — phr verb Keep up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑weather Keep up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑appearance, ↑barrage, ↑chant, ↑charade, ↑commentary, ↑conversation, ↑correspondence, ↑fiction, ↑ …
