"keep it a buck fifty" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: keeps it a buck fifty [present, singular, third-person], keeping it a buck fifty [participle, present], kept it a buck fifty [participle, past], kept it a buck fifty [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> it a buck fifty}} keep it a buck fifty (third-person singular simple present keeps it a buck fifty, present participle keeping it a buck fifty, simple past and past participle kept it a buck fifty)
  1. (US, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To be blunt, honest, to keep it real. Tags: US, slang Synonyms: keep it a buck

Inflected forms

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