- keep time
- 1) show the right time
My new watch keeps perfect time so I am very happy.
2) keep the beat, keep the same rhythmIt is difficult for him to keep time with the other members of the band but at least he tries.
Idioms and examples. 2014.
keep time
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keep time — {v. phr.} 1. To show the right time. * /My watch has not kept good time since I dropped it./ 2. To keep the beat; keep the same rhythm; keep in step. * /Many people are surprised at how well deaf people keep time with the music when they dance./ … Dictionary of American idioms
keep time — {v. phr.} 1. To show the right time. * /My watch has not kept good time since I dropped it./ 2. To keep the beat; keep the same rhythm; keep in step. * /Many people are surprised at how well deaf people keep time with the music when they dance./ … Dictionary of American idioms
keep\ time — v. phr. 1. To show the right time. My watch has not kept good time since I dropped it. 2. To keep the beat; keep the same rhythm; keep in step. Many people are surprised at how well deaf people keep time with the music when they dance … Словарь американских идиом
keep time — 1) if a clock keeps good time, it always shows the correct time 2) music if a musician keeps time, they play a piece of music at the correct speed and beat 3) if you keep time for a musician, you show them what the correct speed and beat are for… … English dictionary
keep time — 1. to stay even with a musical beat. Many in the crowd swayed and kept time to the music by tapping their feet. 2. to record how long something has taken. When I go running I like to keep time on my watch … New idioms dictionary
keep time — play or rhythmically accompany music in time. → time … English new terms dictionary
keep time — idi a) to record time, as a watch or clock does b) to mark or observe the tempo, as by performing rhythmic movements … From formal English to slang
keep good time — See: KEEP TIME … Dictionary of American idioms
keep good time — See: KEEP TIME … Dictionary of American idioms
keep — 1 /ki:p/ verb past tense and past participle kept /kept/ 1 NOT GIVE BACK (T) to have something and not need to give it back: You can keep it. I don t need it. | Try it for a week and we guarantee you ll want to keep it. 2 NOT LOSE (T) to continue … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
