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keeps the home fires burning

keeps the home fires burning is the third-person singular simple present indicative of keep the home fires burning.

Meaning of keep the home fires burning

Verb

keep the home fires burning (third-person singular simple present keeps the home fires burning, present participle keeping the home fires burning, simple past and past participle kept the home fires burning)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To maintain daily routine and provide the necessities of life in a home or community.
    • We got our water from a pump in the backyard and there is no domestic fatigue indoors or out-of-doors that I have not done continuously, not for fun but to keep the home fires burning.1881, Andrew Jackson Davis, The genesis and ethics of conjugal love, page 115

Questions about keeps the home fires burning

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

Words near keeps the home fires burning in the dictionary

  1. keeps the baby
  2. keeps the ball rolling
  3. keeps the book
  4. keeps the field
  5. keeps the flag flying
  6. keeps the home fires burning
  7. keeps the lights on
  8. keeps the pace
  9. keeps the peace
  10. keeps the pot boiling
  11. keeps the powder dry

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