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

Example Sentences

"Scottish humour has been kept in Scotland sometimes where it should have been shown to the whole of the country," he says.

From BBC

Still, several studies show that the first Trump tariffs — many of which President Joe Biden kept in place and in some cases expanded — raised prices and hurt the economy.

From Salon

The defendants are accused of making false diagnoses to transfer babies to 19 private hospitals, where they were allegedly kept in intensive care in neonatal units for lengthy, sometimes unnecessary treatments.

From BBC

But she kept in touch with women back home, who would share videos which she then collected and archived.

From BBC

It advised customers to insure valuables kept in their safety boxes and denied any liability.

From BBC

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• put down
• quash
• quell
• quench
• repress
• silence
• snuff out