"keep someone up at night" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: keeps one up at night [present, singular, third-person], keeping one up at night [participle, present], kept one up at night [participle, past], kept one up at night [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> one up at night}} keep someone up at night (third-person singular simple present keeps one up at night, present participle keeping one up at night, simple past and past participle kept one up at night)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) to make someone disturbed (such that someone might not sleep well); to be watchful of Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-keep_someone_up_at_night-en-verb-1LYwGym3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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