keep the lights on in English

Audio: En-us-keep the lights on.oga

[US] Forms: keeps the lights on [present, singular, third-person], keeping the lights on [participle, present], kept the lights on [participle, past], kept the lights on [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> the lights on}} keep the lights on (third-person singular simple present keeps the lights on, present participle keeping the lights on, simple past and past participle kept the lights on)

Inflected forms

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"keep the lights on" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms