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Meaning of keep house | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To take care of domestic chores; work as a housekeeper.
    idiomatic
  2. To seclude oneself in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors.

Equivalents

Bosanski господарити
Deutsch wirtschaften
Hrvatski господарити
Српски господарити
Svenska hushålla
Українська господарити порядкувати

Examples

“So I went to keep house with him at the Why Not? and my aunt sent down my bag of clothes, and would have made over to Elzevir the pittance that my father left for my keep, but he said it was not needful, and he would have none of it.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

keep in keep in mind keep in with keep it a bean keep it a buck keep it a stack

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