"keep it real" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkiːp ɪt ˈɹiːl/ Audio: En-au-keep it real.ogg [Australia] Forms: keeps it real [present, singular, third-person], keeping it real [participle, present], kept it real [participle, past], kept it real [past]
Etymology: Compound of keep + it + real. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|keep|it|real}} keep + it + real Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> it real}} keep it real (third-person singular simple present keeps it real, present participle keeping it real, simple past and past participle kept it real)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To be authentic, true to oneself; to be cool. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Categories (topical): Farewells Synonyms: keep it one hundred Translations (to be authentic): heartical (english: be) (Jamaican Creole), hortical (english: be) (Jamaican Creole)
    Sense id: en-keep_it_real-en-verb-n~1PQgnI Disambiguation of Farewells: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English imperatives, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 81 19 Disambiguation of English imperatives: 56 44 Disambiguation of English predicates: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 81 19 Disambiguation of 'to be authentic': 99 1
  2. (idiomatic, colloquial) In the imperative, an exhortation used as a departing salutation. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Translations (departing salutation): nuh seh nuttn (Jamaican Creole)
    Sense id: en-keep_it_real-en-verb-MDlh-r4g Disambiguation of 'departing salutation': 3 97

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