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keep the home fires burning

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To maintain daily routine and provide the necessities of life in a home or community.

colloquial, idiomatic

Examples

“We got our water from a pump in the backyard and there is no domestic fatigue indoors or out-of-doors that I have⟳ not done continuously, not for fun but to keep⟳ the home fires burning.”
“While the military has moved to gender-neutral language in all its official descriptions of the "spouses" who keep⟳ the home fires burning during deployments […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

keep the lights on keep the peace keep the pot boiling keep the show on the road keep the wolf from the door keep time

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