{"id":73234,"date":"2020-03-22T09:10:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T09:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73234"},"modified":"2020-03-22T09:10:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T09:10:22","slug":"phrasal-verbs-using-the-word-keep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-using-the-word-keep\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal Verbs Using The Word Keep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keep<\/b>\u00a0is used in a large number of common idiomatic phrasal verbs. Here is a list of them.<\/p>\n

What is a phrasal verb?<\/h5>\n

A phrasal verb is a two-word verb whose meaning is sometimes very different from the meanings of the two-words taken separately.<\/p>\n

Phrases with keep<\/h3>\n

Keep around<\/h5>\n

To keep something around is to continue to possess it even if it is useless.<\/p>\n

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  • She keeps around quite a few pieces of junk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Keep at<\/h5>\n

    To keep at something is to work persistently at it.<\/p>\n

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    • She kept at the puzzle until she put all the pieces together.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      Keep away<\/h5>\n

      To keep somebody away is to prevent them from gaining access.<\/p>\n

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      • The old woman has a watchdog to keep thieves away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        Keep from<\/h5>\n

        To keep somebody from doing something is to prevent them from doing it.<\/p>\n

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        • What kept you from joining me?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          Keep back<\/h5>\n

          To keep somebody back is to maintain them at a safe distance.<\/p>\n

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          • The police kept the protesters back by blocking all roads leading to the venue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
            Keep down<\/h5>\n

            If a patient can keep food or water down, he or she doesn\u2019t vomit it.<\/p>\n

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            • Did she keep the soup down?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Keep down can also mean \u2018repress\u2019.<\/p>\n

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              • Will you keep down the noise? I\u2019m trying to sleep.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Keep\u00a0is used in a large number of common idiomatic phrasal verbs. Here is a list of them. What is a phrasal verb? A phrasal verb is a two-word verb whose meaning is sometimes very...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1059,2098,3],"class_list":["post-73234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phrasal-verbs","tag-common-phrasal-verbs","tag-important-phrasal-verbs","tag-phrasal-verbs-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73234","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=73234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73235,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73234\/revisions\/73235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}