"keep the powder dry" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: keeps the powder dry [present, singular, third-person], keeping the powder dry [participle, present], kept the powder dry [participle, past], kept the powder dry [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> the powder dry}} keep the powder dry (third-person singular simple present keeps the powder dry, present participle keeping the powder dry, simple past and past participle kept the powder dry)
  1. Alternative form of keep one's powder dry Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: keep one's powder dry
    Sense id: en-keep_the_powder_dry-en-verb-hM88BGuj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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