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keeping together

keeping together is the present participle and gerund of keep together.

Meaning of keep together

Verb

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

  1. To strive to maintain a group; to prevent a group from separating; to remain together.
    • Keep together, kids, when we go across the sreet in the crosswalk.

Questions about keeping together

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

Words near keeping together in the dictionary

  1. keeping the wolf from the door
  2. keeping time
  3. keeping to
  4. keeping to one's knitting
  5. keeping to oneself
  6. keeping together
  7. keeping tryst
  8. keeping under
  9. keeping up
  10. keeping up appearances
  11. keeping up with

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