"keep company" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-keep company.ogg Forms: keeps company [present, singular, third-person], keeping company [participle, present], kept company [participle, past], kept company [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> company}} keep company (third-person singular simple present keeps company, present participle keeping company, simple past and past participle kept company)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, dated, euphemistic) To court. Tags: dated, euphemistic, idiomatic, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-keep_company-en-verb-UCn43XrA Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To socialize. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-keep_company-en-verb-rBimeVJZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: keep someone company
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