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keep someone amused

keep someone amused verb: to give someone entertaining or distracting things to do to prevent them from becoming bored.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To give someone entertaining or distracting things to do to prevent them from becoming bored.

Forms of keep someone amused

third-person singular presentkeeps someone amused
present participlekeeping someone amused
past participlekept someone amused
pastkept someone amused

Questions about keep someone amused

What does keep someone amused mean?
Keep someone amused means to give someone entertaining or distracting things to do to prevent them from becoming bored.
What part of speech is keep someone amused?
Keep someone amused is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep someone amused?
The past tense of keep someone amused is kept someone amused.

Words near keep someone amused in the dictionary

  1. keep schtum
  2. keep score
  3. keep shady
  4. keep shtum
  5. keep sight of
  6. keep someone amused
  7. keep someone busy
  8. keep someone company
  9. keep someone guessing
  10. keep someone honest
  11. keep someone in the loop

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