"keep house" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-keep house.ogg Forms: keeps house [present, singular, third-person], keeping house [participle, present], kept house [participle, past], kept house [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> house}} keep house (third-person singular simple present keeps house, present participle keeping house, simple past and past participle kept house)
  1. (idiomatic) To take care of domestic chores; work as a housekeeper. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-keep_house-en-verb-FBeKX2zc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15
  2. To seclude oneself in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors. Related terms: housekeeper, housekeeping
    Sense id: en-keep_house-en-verb-47LFcPAG

Inflected forms

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