"keep someone sweet" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: keeps someone sweet [present, singular, third-person], keeping someone sweet [participle, present], kept someone sweet [participle, past], kept someone sweet [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> someone sweet}} keep someone sweet (third-person singular simple present keeps someone sweet, present participle keeping someone sweet, simple past and past participle kept someone sweet)
  1. (idiomatic) To keep someone friendly or satisfied by complying with their wishes or preferences. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-keep_someone_sweet-en-verb-MRyvbGBP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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