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keep someone sweet

keep someone sweet verb: to keep someone friendly or satisfied by complying with their wishes or preferences.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To keep someone friendly or satisfied by complying with their wishes or preferences.

Forms of keep someone sweet

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

Questions about keep someone sweet

What does keep someone sweet mean?
Keep someone sweet means to keep someone friendly or satisfied by complying with their wishes or preferences.
What part of speech is keep someone sweet?
Keep someone sweet is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep someone sweet?
The past tense of keep someone sweet is kept someone sweet.

Words near keep someone sweet in the dictionary

  1. keep someone occupied
  2. keep someone on ice
  3. keep someone on their toes
  4. keep someone posted
  5. keep someone posted up
  6. keep someone sweet
  7. keep someone up at night
  8. keep someone up late
  9. keep soul and body together
  10. keep straight
  11. keep stumm

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