Phrase guide

keep to

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Keep to the traveled roads.
  • 2016, unidentified patient, quoted in Judy Gable, Tamara Herrmann, Counselling Skills for Dietitians, 3rd Edition, page 125, I was very good, though – I kept to my diet all the time.

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