{"id":71945,"date":"2019-08-31T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T08:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=71945"},"modified":"2019-08-31T08:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T08:27:00","slug":"idioms-with-keep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/idioms-with-keep\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms With Keep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of idiomatic expressions using the word keep.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep one\u2019s chin up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To keep one\u2019s chin up is to remain cheerful.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It takes courage to keep one\u2019s chin up in the face of adversity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Keep in touch with<\/strong> (remain in touch)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She has promised to keep in touch with me even after moving to Chicago.<\/li>\n<li>I still keep in touch with my old class-mates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Keep pace with<\/strong> (stay level with)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The salaries of employees have to keep pace with the rising rates of inflation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Keep up<\/strong> (maintain)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He does everything he can to keep up the reputation of his family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Keep one\u2019s word<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To keep one\u2019s word is to do what one has promised.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Keep somebody from doing something<\/strong> (= prevent)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can\u2019t you keep your dog from barking?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep in (hold, detain)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He was kept in prison for 20 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of idiomatic expressions using the word keep. Keep one\u2019s chin up To keep one\u2019s chin up is to remain cheerful. It takes courage to keep one\u2019s chin up in the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[186,1065,1064],"class_list":["post-71945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-idioms-2","tag-idioms-with-keep","tag-keep-idioms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71946,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71945\/revisions\/71946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}