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KEEP COMPANY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does keep company mean? 

KEEP COMPANY (verb)
  The verb KEEP COMPANY has 1 sense:

1. be a companion to somebodyplay

  Familiarity information: KEEP COMPANY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KEEP COMPANY (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be a companion to somebody

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

accompany; companion; company; keep company

Hypernyms (to "keep company" is one way to...):

affiliate; associate; assort; consort (keep company with; hang out with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody


 Context examples 


Well now, I tell you, I'm not a boasting man, and you seen yourself how easy I keep company, but when I was quartermaster, LAMBS wasn't the word for Flint's old buccaneers.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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