keep it a buck in All languages combined

Forms: keeps it a buck [present, singular, third-person], keeping it a buck [participle, present], kept it a buck [participle, past], kept it a buck [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> it a buck}} keep it a buck (third-person singular simple present keeps it a buck, present participle keeping it a buck, simple past and past participle kept it a buck)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "keeps it a buck",
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        "singular",
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
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        "To be real, honest, truthful."
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        "(US, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To be real, honest, truthful."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "keep it a bean"
        },
        {
          "word": "keep it a buck fifty"
        }
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      "tags": [
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        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep it a buck"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keeps it a buck",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keeping it a buck",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept it a buck",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept it a buck",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "keep<,,kept> it a buck"
      },
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        "To be real, honest, truthful."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To be real, honest, truthful."
      ],
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          "word": "keep it a bean"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "keep it a buck fifty"
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep it a buck"
}

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"keep it a buck" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [English]

Inflected forms