keep company

1. Also, keep company with . Associate with; also, carry on a courtship. For example, He keeps company with a wild bunch , or Jack and Françoise kept company for two years before they married . [Mid-1500s]

2. keep someone company . Accompany or remain with someone, as in Mary kept Mother company while she shopped , or Do you want me to stay and keep you company? This term was originally put as bear someone company . [c. 1300]

Example Sentences

They concluded that audiences' hearts wouldn't shatter at the bear's loneliness in London if he was literally kept company on-stage.

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Shortly after, he temporarily paused raids on those businesses in a likely effort to keep company leaders in his corner.

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I’m in awe of the musicians I keep company with.

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He described spending many enjoyable hours on Britton’s property, kept company by his “awesome” Swiss Shepherds.

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Sweet-and-spicy is not a surprising combination, especially in the South, where honey and hot sauce have long kept company with breakfast biscuits.

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