"keep it a buck" meaning in English

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    },
    {
      "form": "keeping it a buck",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept it a buck",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept it a buck",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To be real, honest, truthful."
      ],
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          "real",
          "real"
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        [
          "honest",
          "honest"
        ],
        [
          "truthful",
          "truthful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To be real, honest, truthful."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "keep it a bean"
        },
        {
          "word": "keep it a buck fifty"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "slang"
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  "word": "keep it a buck"
}

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    {
      "form": "keeps it a buck",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keeping it a buck",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept it a buck",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept it a buck",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English verbs",
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      "glosses": [
        "To be real, honest, truthful."
      ],
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        [
          "real",
          "real"
        ],
        [
          "honest",
          "honest"
        ],
        [
          "truthful",
          "truthful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To be real, honest, truthful."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "keep it a bean"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "keep it a buck fifty"
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep it a buck"
}