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keep shady

keep shady verb: to stay in concealment.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To stay in concealment.
  2. (slang) To be reticent.

Forms of keep shady

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

Questions about keep shady

What does keep shady mean?
Keep shady means to stay in concealment.
What part of speech is keep shady?
Keep shady is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep shady?
The past tense of keep shady is kept shady.

Words near keep shady in the dictionary

  1. keep pace
  2. keep quiet
  3. keep rank
  4. keep schtum
  5. keep score
  6. keep shady
  7. keep shtum
  8. keep sight of
  9. keep someone amused
  10. keep someone busy
  11. keep someone company

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