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keep to

verb

  1. to adhere to or stand by or cause to adhere to or stand by

    to keep to a promise

  2. to confine or be confined to
  3. keep to oneself
    1. intr to avoid the society of others
    2. tr to refrain from sharing or disclosing
  4. keep oneself to oneself
    to avoid the society of others
“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

When you shall have copied this piece—for you have practiced enough to make a start—you will have earned your keep to-day.

Like vikings, we await The grim, ungarlanded carouse We keep to-night with Fate.

“School ain't going to keep to-day,” remarked the boy, with glee.

Of them all, only the poets managed to keep to-night a familiar look.

If he could but keep to-day forever shut in his heart with her, though life crumbled to ruins about them!

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