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keep the baby

keep the baby verb: to choose not to have an abortion.

Verb

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

  1. To choose not to have an abortion.

Forms of keep the baby

third-person singular presentkeeps the baby
present participlekeeping the baby
past participlekept the baby
pastkept the baby

Questions about keep the baby

What does keep the baby mean?
Keep the baby means to choose not to have an abortion.
What part of speech is keep the baby?
Keep the baby is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep the baby?
The past tense of keep the baby is kept the baby.

Words near keep the baby in the dictionary

  1. keep straight
  2. keep stumm
  3. keep tabs on
  4. keep telling yourself that
  5. keep term
  6. keep the baby
  7. keep the ball rolling
  8. keep the bones green
  9. keep the book
  10. keep the change
  11. keep the faith

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