keep it tall in English

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

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

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    {
      "form": "keeps it tall",
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        "present",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept it tall",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "kept it tall",
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To be real, honest, truthful."
      ],
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        ],
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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"
        }
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        "US",
        "slang"
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    }
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  "word": "keep it tall"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keeps it tall",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keeping it tall",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept it tall",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept it tall",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "<,,kept>"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        "American English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English slang",
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        "English verbs",
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        "Pages with entries"
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      "glosses": [
        "To be real, honest, truthful."
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        ],
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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"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep it tall"
}

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"keep it tall" meaning in English

Verb