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keep house

Idioms  

  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

Staff kept girls in cottages and trained them to work and keep house.

From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2020

Hilda holed up with her cat, Rommel, until, on Christmas Day 1987, she was invited to move to the country with the widowed Dr Lowther and keep house for him.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2016

"This growth in supply is likely to continue into 2014 and should help to keep house price inflation under control as we move forward."

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2014

She wouldn’t do it just to keep house for him.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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