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keep someone in countenanceHelp someone to remain calm and confident: to keep herself in countenance she opened her notebook...- It is his[Putin's] reward for letting the [ABM] treaty go down the tubes without throwing a temper tantrum, and it keeps him in countenance at home.
- This, however, serves to keep me in countenance, that others, endowed with much superior knowledge, and quicker penetration, have not been more successful than myself.
- But the thought of having that venerable hero to keep me in countenance emboldens me to risk everything; I am no older than he.
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