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keeps off the streets

keeps off the streets is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 keeps off the streets

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

Words near keeps off the streets in the dictionary

  1. keeps it together
  2. keeps it up
  3. keeps measures
  4. keeps off
  5. keeps off the street
  6. keeps off the streets
  7. keeps on
  8. keeps on about
  9. keeps on keeping on
  10. keeps on truckin'
  11. keeps on trucking

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