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keeps

nounnounverbcommon in dialogue

  • //kiːps//

Only used in for keeps

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of keepplural of keep

noun

  1. 1

    Only used in for keeps

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of keepthird-person singular simple present indicative of keep

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Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).