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  • 11keep one's nose to the grindstone — or[have one s nose to the grindstone] or[hold one s nose to the grindstone] {v. phr.}, {informal} To work hard all the time; keep busy with boring or tiresome work. * /Sarah keeps her nose to the grindstone and saves as much as possible to start… …

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  • 12keep one's nose to the grindstone — or[have one s nose to the grindstone] or[hold one s nose to the grindstone] {v. phr.}, {informal} To work hard all the time; keep busy with boring or tiresome work. * /Sarah keeps her nose to the grindstone and saves as much as possible to start… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 13Keep — (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I… …

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  • 14Keep on Jumpin' — is the name of a popular 1970s Disco song and 1990s Dance classic that was written by musician Patrick Adams and Ken Morris. This track has been remade, remixed, and sampled numerous times, but only the 1978 original by Adams s group Musique and… …

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  • 15Keep On Loving You (album) — Keep On Loving You Studio album by Reba Released August 18, 2009 …

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  • 16keep — [kiːp] verb kept PTandPP [kept] 1. [transitive] to store something that will be useful: • The Credit Reference Agency keeps files on individuals debt records. • You should keep a supply of forms. 2 …

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  • 17Keep Sunday Special — is a British campaign group set up in 1985 to oppose plans to introduce Sunday trading in the United Kingdom, although Scotland has no Sunday specific restrictions. It was continued on from the Lord s Day Observance Society. The earlier name… …

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  • 18Keep the Widow Waking — is a lost Jacobean play, significant chiefly for the light it throws on the complexities of collaborative authorship in English Renaissance drama. A Late Murder of the Son Upon the Mother, or Keep the Widow Waking was a tragedy licensed by the… …

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  • 19keep someone busy — phrase to have or give someone a lot of things to do or think about, often as a way of filling up time We’ve got enough work here to keep us busy for weeks. You keep them busy while I call the police. I try to keep myself busy as much as possible …

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  • 20Keep On Running (Jackie Edwards song) — Keep on Running Song by Jackie Edwards Released 1965 Recorded 1965 Genre Soul Writer Jackie Edwards …

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