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keep order

keep order verb: to maintain a state of order.

Verb

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

  1. to maintain a state of order

Forms of keep order

third-person singular presentkeeps order
present participlekeeping order
past participlekept order
pastkept order

Questions about keep order

What does keep order mean?
Keep order means to maintain a state of order.
What part of speech is keep order?
Keep order is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep order?
The past tense of keep order is kept order.

Words near keep order in the dictionary

  1. keep one's tits on
  2. keep one's voice down
  3. keep one's wits about one
  4. keep one's word
  5. keep oneself to oneself
  6. keep order
  7. keep out
  8. keep out of
  9. keep pace
  10. keep quiet
  11. keep rank

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