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keep good hours

keep good hours verb: to go to bed and to rise early; to lead a quiet and regular life.

Verb

keep good hours (third-person singular simple present keeps good hours, present participle keeping good hours, simple past and past participle kept good hours)

  1. To go to bed and to rise early; to lead a quiet and regular life.

Forms of keep good hours

third-person singular presentkeeps good hours
present participlekeeping good hours
past participlekept good hours
pastkept good hours

Questions about keep good hours

What does keep good hours mean?
Keep good hours means to go to bed and to rise early; to lead a quiet and regular life.
What part of speech is keep good hours?
Keep good hours is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep good hours?
The past tense of keep good hours is kept good hours.

Words near keep good hours in the dictionary

  1. keep down
  2. keep faith
  3. keep fit
  4. keep from
  5. keep going
  6. keep good hours
  7. keep good time
  8. keep hope alive
  9. keep house
  10. keep in
  11. keep in mind

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