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View synonyms for keep in

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. to maintain good relations with

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Here are some tips my parents and I are keeping in mind as we look for a new place for them to live.

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The thing to keep in mind, says Dexter, the home energy auditor, is that every small update makes a difference.

The families affected by the leak claim they have been kept in the dark about what went on leading up to the school being evacuated.

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Rhys, who now lives in New York, was also asked by Fallon if there were any Welsh traditions that he kept in his family.

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