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keep one's end up

keep one's end up verb: do one's part.

Verb

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

  1. (UK, colloquial) do one's part

Forms of keep one's end up

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

Questions about keep one's end up

What does keep one's end up mean?
Keep one's end up means do one's part.
What part of speech is keep one's end up?
Keep one's end up is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep one's end up?
The past tense of keep one's end up is kept one's end up.

Words near keep one's end up in the dictionary

  1. keep one's cool
  2. keep one's counsel
  3. keep one's countenance
  4. keep one's distance
  5. keep one's ears open
  6. keep one's end up
  7. keep one's eye in
  8. keep one's eye on the ball
  9. keep one's eyeballs peeled
  10. keep one's eyes on the ball
  11. keep one's eyes open

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