"keep the lights on" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-us-keep the lights on.oga Forms: keeps the lights on [present, singular, third-person], keeping the lights on [participle, present], kept the lights on [participle, past], kept the lights on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> the lights on}} keep the lights on (third-person singular simple present keeps the lights on, present participle keeping the lights on, simple past and past participle kept the lights on)
  1. To maintain operating expenses for a business. Related terms: keep the home fires burning
    Sense id: en-keep_the_lights_on-en-verb-PVxr49Ly Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "To maintain operating expenses for a business."
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    },
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      },
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