out of keeping with

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out of keeping with

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Not in harmony or conformity with. THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF WORLD RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Edited by P. Ransome-Wallis. Hutchinson. 50s. A gaudy jacket, remarkably out of keeping with the contents, camouflages the weightiest and meatiest work on a railway topic since the war.

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"out of keeping with." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/out%20of%20keeping%20with.

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@misc{out_of_keeping_with_2026,
  title = {out of keeping with},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/out%20of%20keeping%20with},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}