keep to

verb

1. to adhere to or stand by or cause to adhere to or stand by

   to keep to a promise

2. to confine or be confined to

3. 1. (intr) to avoid the society of others

   2. (tr) to refrain from sharing or disclosing

4. to avoid the society of others

Idioms and Phrases

Adhere to, conform to, as in Let's keep to the original purpose of this will . [Early 1600s]

Confine oneself to, as in Whenever she didn't feel well, she kept to her bed . Also see keep to oneself .

Example Sentences

“I went from writing maybe two or three songs a year that I wanted to keep to maybe 12 or more,” Leadon says.

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"I am quite confident that somebody out there has information which, for whatever reason, they decided to keep to themselves," Det Ch Insp Davies said.

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"We will keep to the tax promises that we made in our manifesto when we fought the election last year."

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And whatever that means, I will keep to myself for now.

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Each animal is fitted with a GPS tracker and an alarm that trains them to keep to areas that need grazing and away from sensitive parts of the forest.

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