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keeps it between the ditches

keeps it between the ditches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of keep it between the ditches.

Meaning of keep it between the ditches

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To stay out of trouble or follow a righteous (God-fearing) path.

Questions about keeps it between the ditches

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

Words near keeps it between the ditches in the dictionary

  1. keeps it 100
  2. keeps it a bean
  3. keeps it a buck
  4. keeps it a buck fifty
  5. keeps it a stack
  6. keeps it between the ditches
  7. keeps it in one's pants
  8. keeps it in the family
  9. keeps it moving
  10. keeps it one hundred
  11. keeps it together

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