keep someone up late
keep someone up late verb: to prevent a person from going to bed at their usual time.
Verb
keep someone up late (third-person singular simple present keeps someone up late, present participle keeping someone up late, simple past and past participle kept someone up late)
- To prevent a person from going to bed at their usual time.
- Few political careers start when people are in their 70s, but Hendy is actually relishing it, although he is incensed sometimes by the pointlessness of the posturing by the opposition, which keeps him up late. "The bit I don't like is getting home at 0100 or 0200 in the morning because the...2025 October 1, Christian Wolmar, “Rail Minister at the heart of rail reform”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 35
Forms of keep someone up late
| third-person singular present | keeps someone up late |
|---|---|
| present participle | keeping someone up late |
| past participle | kept someone up late |
| past | kept someone up late |
Questions about keep someone up late
- What does keep someone up late mean?
- Keep someone up late means to prevent a person from going to bed at their usual time.
- What part of speech is keep someone up late?
- Keep someone up late is a verb.
- What is the past tense of keep someone up late?
- The past tense of keep someone up late is kept someone up late.
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