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Phrasal Verbs

With 'Keep'

Hi guys❗ I'm sure that you've said this word many times. Do you use phrasal verbs with 'keep'❓

If you don't. Well, I'll tell you some of them. Let's begin❗

Keep (sb/sth) away
To avoid 👨👩 or something, or make someone else to do it.
     I'm keeping myself away from junk food.
                                        ↳ keep (sb) away from (sth)

Keep (sth) down
To control the number, level or size of sth from increasing or being too great.
        The doctor suggests keeping down my weight.
                                                           ↳ keep down (sth)

Keep in
1. To make 👨👩 stay in hospital.
        After his operation, the doctors kept him in for more tests.
                                  ↳ keep (sb) in
2.  To force 👨👩 stay indoors or in a particular place.
        His parents kept him in for playing truant.
                                             ↳ keep (sb) in

Keep on
1. To continue doing something, or to do something many times.
        Don't give up! You just have to keep on trying.
                                            ↳ keep on (doing sth)
2.  To speak repeatedly to 👨👩 in an annoying way.
        If she didn't keep on at them, homework would never get done.
                                     ↳ keep on (at sb / about sth)

Keep up with
1. To be aware of something such as the news, current events, etc..
        I kept up with the 📰 once in a blue moon when I was in university.
                          ↳ keep up with (sth)
2. To move at the same speed as someone.
        You used to run so fast that nobody never managed to keep up with you.
                                                                                                               ↳ keep up with (sb)
3. To continue to be in contact with 👨👩.
        I keep up with my besties on Whatsapp.
                            ↳ keep up with (sb)

Keep to (sth)
To stay with something such as a plan, subject, path, etc.
     Please, keep to the point.
                         ↳ keep to (sth)

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