Antonyms for keep under


Grammar : Verb


Definition of keep under

  • As in depress : verb deject, make despondent; exhaust
Example sentences :
  • "Keep under the clothes and you'll be all right," returned Dick soothingly.
  • Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys Snowbound » by H. Irving Hancock
  • His knees didn't seem to keep under him good and his back was bowed.
  • Extract from : « The Man Next Door » by Emerson Hough
  • There was no method observed—no attempt to keep under cover.
  • Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
  • They think we will shoot them down, and might keep under cover while we were escaping.
  • Extract from : « The Search for the Silver City » by James Otis
  • It was important to keep under the shelter of the trees as long as we could.
  • Extract from : « With Axe and Rifle » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Now swim back to land, but keep under water as much as you can.
  • Extract from : « Eskimo Folktales » by Unknown
  • Now, I'm going to tell you something you're to keep under your own hat.
  • Extract from : « A Texas Ranger » by William MacLeod Raine
  • But she had also the pony to keep under, and he required both hands.
  • Extract from : « Missy » by Miriam Coles Harris
  • The real signals, the cloth ones, we keep under the lookout.
  • Extract from : « Fighting the Sea » by Edward A. Rand
  • St. Paul said: "I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection."
  • Extract from : « Short Studies in Ethics » by John Ormsby Miller

Synonyms for keep under

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