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KEEP IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to stay indoors
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "keep in" is one way to...):
confine; detain (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Context examples:
To-morrow I must think out some way by which I shall keep in touch with this camp, and yet search round for any traces of my unhappy friends.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yet the other dogs, because they weighed less and were born to the life, received a pound only of the fish and managed to keep in good condition.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Forest scientists and resource managers should therefore keep in mind the ecosystem role of small herbivores like snowshoe hares.
(Race across the tundra: White spruce vs. snowshoe hare, National Science Foundation)
The first money I laid out was to buy two young stone-horses, which I keep in a good stable; and next to them, the groom is my greatest favourite, for I feel my spirits revived by the smell he contracts in the stable.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
I believe Mrs Charles is not quite pleased with my not inviting them oftener; but you know it is very bad to have children with one that one is obligated to be checking every moment; don't do this, and don't do that; or that one can only keep in tolerable order by more cake than is good for them.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
It was no very unusual thing for Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, to look in upon us of an evening, and his visits were welcome to Sherlock Holmes, for they enabled him to keep in touch with all that was going on at the police headquarters.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Keep in mind your ruling star is the Sun, so while everyone of every sign will enjoy December 27, you will enjoy it more, with a double-dip of pleasure.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You pay her, of course; I should think it quite as expensive,—more so; for you have them both to keep in addition.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“But I hope your aunt will keep in her own room a good deal. And I hope she's not a scolding old thing!”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It won't hurt him, so remember, I leave him in your charge, to plague, pet, and keep in order.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
