keys

/ kiːz /

interjection

1. dialect,  a children's cry for truce or respite from the rules of a game

Word History and Origins

Origin of keys¹

origin uncertain

Example Sentences

"Your fingers know where the keys are, your hands know when to turn."

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Rodgers also holds the keys to a $10 million New Jersey mansion he purchased when he signed with the Jets.

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I was like, how can I emulate this with just the keys and me in a solo take?

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"Whether it's forgetting keys, improperly sharing keys, or making some other mistake," he said, "cryptographic systems often fail for very human reasons".

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He noted that the last joke he’d written dated back to when his twin sons were babies — a bit about jingling his car keys to make them laugh — which he physically demonstrated during the appearance.

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