单词 | keep company |
释义 | keep companySEE SYNONYMS FOR keep company ON THESAURUS.COM Also, keep company with. Associate with; also, carry on a courtship. For example, He keeps company with a wild bunch, or Jack and Françoise kept company for two years before they married. [Mid-1500s] keep someone company. Accompany or remain with someone, as in Mary kept Mother company while she shopped, or Do you want me to stay and keep you company? This term was originally put as bear someone company. [c. 1300] Words nearby keep companykeep at arm's length, keep away, keep a weather eye out, keep back, keep body and soul together, keep company, keep cool, keep down, keeper, keeper hook, keeper ring The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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