"maintain appearances" meaning in All languages combined

See maintain appearances on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: maintains appearances [present, singular, third-person], maintaining appearances [participle, present], maintained appearances [participle, past], maintained appearances [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} maintain appearances (third-person singular simple present maintains appearances, present participle maintaining appearances, simple past and past participle maintained appearances)
  1. Synonym of keep up appearances Synonyms: keep up appearances [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-maintain_appearances-en-verb-xqKKyIOq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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