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keep to one's knitting

keep to one's knitting is the alternative form of stick to one's knitting.

Meaning of stick to one's knitting

Verb

stick to one's knitting (third-person singular simple present sticks to one's knitting, present participle sticking to one's knitting, simple past and past participle stuck to one's knitting)

  1. (idiomatic) To concentrate on one's own tasks, affairs, area of expertise, etc., especially in order to avoid distraction, embarrassment, or other needless problems.
    • [A]s sportsmen I think that we should stick to our knitting and not allow economic or social conditions to interfere with the Olympic Games.1935 October 27, “Helene Mayer to be in Olympics: Woman Fencing Champion Accepts Invitation”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 Oct 2013

Forms of keep to one's knitting

third-person singular presentkeeps to one's knitting
present participlekeeping to one's knitting
past participlekept to one's knitting
pastkept to one's knitting

Questions about keep to one's knitting

What is keep to one's knitting the alternative form of?
Keep to one's knitting is the alternative form of stick to one's knitting.

Words near keep to one's knitting in the dictionary

  1. keep the rent low
  2. keep the show on the road
  3. keep the wolf from the door
  4. keep time
  5. keep to
  6. keep to one's knitting
  7. keep to one's own knitting
  8. keep to oneself
  9. keep together
  10. keep track
  11. keep tryst

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