keep posted


Supply with up-to-date information, as in Keep me posted about your new job. This usage alludes to the accounting practice of posting the latest figures in a ledger. [Early 1800s]

Words Nearby keep posted

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How to use keep posted in a sentence

  • Get into the movement in earnest and try to keep posted upon all that relates to it.

  • I read the society columns and keep posted about little details.

    The City of Fire | Grace Livingston Hill
  • My mother used to sit up nights and read to keep posted about the war.

  • Do the quail and black squirrels keep posted on the game laws and know when it is safe to appear in public?

    In Pastures Green | Peter McArthur
  • It devolved upon him to watch Sherman and keep posted as to his movements.

    Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman. | W. Fletcher Johnson