keep+company

  • 131keep to oneself — verb 1. shun the company of others (Freq. 1) The new student keeps to herself • Verb Frames: Somebody s 2. withhold information I kept your little secret to myself all these years • Hypernyms: ↑withh …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 132keep books — {v. phr.} To keep records of money gained and spent; do the work of a bookkeeper. * /Miss Jones keeps the company s books./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms