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keeps someone guessing

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

Meaning of keep someone guessing

Verb

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

  1. To act in such a way that others do not fully understand what one has done or do not know what to expect next.
    • She could not even dimly understand Helen's merry protestation that it was fun to make people wonder and keep them guessing.1924, Martha Dickinson Bianchi, “Chapter 7”, in The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson

Questions about keeps someone guessing

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

Words near keeps someone guessing in the dictionary

  1. keeps schtum
  2. keeps score
  3. keeps shtum
  4. keeps sight of
  5. keeps someone company
  6. keeps someone guessing
  7. keeps someone honest
  8. keeps someone in the loop
  9. keeps someone on ice
  10. keeps someone on their toes
  11. keeps someone posted

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