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kept cave

kept cave is the simple past and past participle 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 kept cave the simple past and past participle of?
Kept cave is the simple past and past participle of keep cave.

Words near kept cave in the dictionary

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

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