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kept off the streets

kept off the streets is the simple past and past participle 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 kept off the streets

What is kept off the streets the simple past and past participle of?
Kept off the streets is the simple past and past participle of keep off the streets.

Words near kept off the streets in the dictionary

  1. kept man
  2. kept measures
  3. kept men
  4. kept off
  5. kept off the street
  6. kept off the streets
  7. kept on
  8. kept on about
  9. kept on keeping on
  10. kept on truckin'
  11. kept on trucking

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