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keeps cave

keeps cave is the third-person singular simple present indicative of keep cave.

Meaning of keep cave

Verb

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

  1. (UK, school slang) To maintain vigilance.
    • I vote we go down and explore. No one will come up this time o' day. We needn't keep cavé.1899 January, Rudyard Kipling, “An Unsavoury Interlude”, in Stalky & Co., London: Macmillan & Co., published 1899, →OCLC, page 73

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What is keeps cave the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Keeps cave is the third-person singular simple present indicative of keep cave.

Words near keeps cave in the dictionary

  1. keeps at
  2. keeps away
  3. keeps away from
  4. keeps back
  5. keeps body and soul together
  6. keeps cave
  7. keeps company
  8. keeps counsel
  9. keeps count
  10. keeps down
  11. keeps faith

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