keep to


verb(preposition)
  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

  1. keep to oneself

    • (intr) to avoid the society of others

    • (tr) to refrain from sharing or disclosing

  2. keep oneself to oneself to avoid the society of others

Words Nearby keep to

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How to use keep to in a sentence

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

    Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander Dumas
  • Like vikings, we await The grim, ungarlanded carouse We keep to-night with Fate.

    Songs from Vagabondia | Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey
  • “School ain't going to keep to-day,” remarked the boy, with glee.

    The Shoulders of Atlas | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • Of them all, only the poets managed to keep to-night a familiar look.

    The Long Roll | Mary Johnston
  • If he could but keep to-day forever shut in his heart with her, though life crumbled to ruins about them!

Other Idioms and Phrases with keep to

keep to

Adhere to, conform to, as in Let's keep to the original purpose of this will. [Early 1600s]

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