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keeping off the streets

keeping off the streets is the present participle and gerund of keep off the streets.

Meaning of keep off the streets

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To inspire or cause (someone) to avoid idleness, unemployment, poverty, or antisocial behavior.
    • "Dolly Nemeroff said you're a private detective in California."
      […] "It's an archaic line of work, but it keeps me off the streets."1992, Les Roberts, chapter 4, in Seeing the Elephant, →ISBN

Questions about keeping off the streets

What is keeping off the streets the present participle and gerund of?
Keeping off the streets is the present participle and gerund of keep off the streets.

Words near keeping off the streets in the dictionary

  1. keeping it together
  2. keeping it up
  3. keeping measures
  4. keeping off
  5. keeping off the street
  6. keeping off the streets
  7. keeping on
  8. keeping on about
  9. keeping on keeping on
  10. keeping on trucking
  11. keeping one's breath to cool one's porridge

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