keep company

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keep company

verb keeps company · keeping company · kept company

dated, euphemistic, idiomatic, intransitive, transitive To court. It was rumoured that the lady and the gentleman were keeping company.
idiomatic, intransitive To socialize. If you care about your reputation you ought to be careful whom you keep company with.
Similar: consort, run with

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@misc{keep_company_2026,
  title = {keep company},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/keep%20company},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}