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keep house

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  1. Manage a household, especially do the housework. For example, It's difficult to find time to keep house when you work full-time. [c. 1600]


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“Me Time” is written and directed by John Hamburg, and his movie attempts to include domestic conversations that speak to the lives of men who keep house.

From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022

But where you park — or more romantically, keep house — is another question.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2020

“I was inspired by my mother, my grandmother and all women who work hard trying to run a business, keep house and make ends meet,” she said.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2015

Instead, they are expected to marry, keep house and bring up a new generation – and strengthen the narrative that this is not a terrorist group, but a state all Muslims must join.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2014

Ah run off tuh keep house wid you in uh wonderful way.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

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