keep in

verb

1. intr; also preposition to stay indoors
2. tr to restrain (an emotion); repress
3. tr to detain (a schoolchild) after hours as a punishment
4. (of a fire) to stay alight or to cause (a fire) to stay alight
5. tr, prep to allow a constant supply of

   her prize money kept her in new clothes for a year

6. keep in with
   keep in with to maintain good relations with

Example Sentences

“They usually keep in-doors at this time of day, madam,” Charley said.

From Project Gutenberg

She told Phoebe, and they bound his brows with a wet handkerchief, and advised him to keep in-doors.

From Project Gutenberg

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