noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
keeping schtum
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The boss of the failed company is keeping schtum about his role in the disaster.
keeping score (= making a record of the score )
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Is anybody keeping score ?
keeping tight control on
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The government is keeping tight control on immigration.
keeping...fingers crossed
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We’re keeping our fingers crossed that she’s going to be OK.
worth keeping in mind
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Floor tiles can be difficult to clean – worth keeping in mind when you choose a new floor.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
safe
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Many leave their personal weapons for safe keeping in the armoury, as happened in the Susan Allen case.
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Something laid up in a place, or committed to the charge of a person, for safe keeping .
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Her secrets were safe in his keeping .
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Once, these would have been an important farmhouse store for produce that needed safe keeping in a dry place.
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Sign the list of property and hand valuables over to the manager for safe keeping .
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Leave this notebook in the safe keeping of Goldberg? he wrote.
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Much of this work has been removed to museums for safe keeping , particularly to Naples.
■ NOUN
people
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The congenital apathetic inefficiency bred by the regime as the best way of keeping people down had also delayed the demolition process.
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Gay and Flick would be waiting for her - and she hated keeping people waiting.
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Health promotion - keeping people healthy, and treating the root causes of ill health.
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Whoever set up this Archive had been pretty conscientious about keeping people informed.
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Religion has been accused indeed of keeping people docile and naive.
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Employment and keeping people on the land, in rural districts and in family farms must be paramount in the negotiations.
record
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Like most institutions, record keeping , if not certification, is emphasised.
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In short, a spreadsheet can provide a workable method of record keeping .
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But personnel systems do not stop with record keeping and reporting.
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Only about one teacher in three had any kind of supervision in the matters of planning or record keeping .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
how are you keeping?