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kept it one hundred

kept it one hundred is the simple past and past participle of keep it one hundred.

Meaning of keep it one hundred

Verb

keep it one hundred (third-person singular simple present keeps it one hundred, present participle keeping it one hundred, simple past and past participle kept it one hundred)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, African-American Vernacular) To be authentic, to be true to oneself.
    • “I keep it one hundred with my boys cause the world is real, life is real,” says Shabazz.2016 December 21, Aaron Allen, “Family Influence Motivates Rainier Beach’s Khalil Shabazz Both On And Off The Court”, in The Seattle Medium
    Synonyms:
    keep it real

Questions about kept it one hundred

What is kept it one hundred the simple past and past participle of?
Kept it one hundred is the simple past and past participle of keep it one hundred.

Words near kept it one hundred in the dictionary

  1. kept it a stack
  2. kept it between the ditches
  3. kept it in one's pants
  4. kept it in the family
  5. kept it moving
  6. kept it one hundred
  7. kept it together
  8. kept it up
  9. kept man
  10. kept measures
  11. kept men

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