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keep one's countenance

keep one's countenance verb: to preserve a calm appearance, hiding one's emotions.

Verb

keep one's countenance (third-person singular simple present keeps one's countenance, present participle keeping one's countenance, simple past and past participle kept one's countenance)

  1. To preserve a calm appearance, hiding one's emotions.

Forms of keep one's countenance

third-person singular presentkeeps one's countenance
present participlekeeping one's countenance
past participlekept one's countenance
pastkept one's countenance

Questions about keep one's countenance

What does keep one's countenance mean?
Keep one's countenance means to preserve a calm appearance, hiding one's emotions.
What part of speech is keep one's countenance?
Keep one's countenance is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep one's countenance?
The past tense of keep one's countenance is kept one's countenance.

Words near keep one's countenance in the dictionary

  1. keep one's cards close to one's chest
  2. keep one's chapels
  3. keep one's chin up
  4. keep one's cool
  5. keep one's counsel
  6. keep one's countenance
  7. keep one's distance
  8. keep one's ears open
  9. keep one's end up
  10. keep one's eye in
  11. keep one's eye on the ball

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