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keep good time

keep good time verb: to be punctual.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To be punctual.
  2. (literally) To accurately record time.

Forms of keep good time

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

Questions about keep good time

What does keep good time mean?
Keep good time means to be punctual.
What part of speech is keep good time?
Keep good time is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep good time?
The past tense of keep good time is kept good time.

Words near keep good time in the dictionary

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

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