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View synonyms for keep in

keep in

verb

  1. intr; also preposition to stay indoors
  2. tr to restrain (an emotion); repress
  3. tr to detain (a schoolchild) after hours as a punishment
  4. (of a fire) to stay alight or to cause (a fire) to stay alight
  5. tr, prep to allow a constant supply of

    her prize money kept her in new clothes for a year

  6. keep in with
    to maintain good relations with
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

“They usually keep in-doors at this time of day, madam,” Charley said.

She told Phoebe, and they bound his brows with a wet handkerchief, and advised him to keep in-doors.

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