keep in

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer l'action d'empêcher quelque chose de sortir ou de maintenir quelque chose dans un lieu ou un état particulier.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of preventing something from leaving, or maintaining something within a certain place or condition.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Restrain or confineformal

   To prevent someone or something from leaving a place.

   garder à l'intérieur, retenir

   • The teacher kept the students in after class for misbehaving.
   • We kept the dog in the house during the storm.
   • The police kept the suspect in custody overnight.

   Synonymescageconfinecoop updetainholdimprisonlock uprestrainshut in

   Antonymesfreeliberaterelease

2. Maintain a relationship or contactinformal

   To continue to communicate or stay in touch with someone.

   rester en contact

   • We should keep in touch after you move away.
   • She keeps in contact with her old college friends.
   • He tries to keep in with his neighbors by being friendly.

3. Suppress or controlinformal

   To hold back an emotion or reaction.

   réprimer / contenir

   • He kept in his anger during the argument.
   • She could barely keep in her laughter at the joke.
   • Try to keep in your excitement until the surprise is revealed.

   Synonymesbottle upcheckcontaincurbhold backinhibitrepressrestrainstiflesuppress

   Antonymesdischargeexpressoutletreleasevent

Verbe de basekeep