keep guessing

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keep somebody guessing

if you keep someone guessing, you do not tell them what you are going to do or what will happen next The clever and complex plot kept the audience guessing right up to the superb final twist.

See also: guess, keep

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I had to keep guessing at the channel; I had to discern, mostly by inspiration, the signs of hidden banks; I watched for sunken stones; I was learning to clap my teeth smartly before my heart flew out, when I shaved by a fluke some infernal sly old snag that would have ripped the life out of the tin-pot steamboat and drowned all the pilgrims; I had to keep a look-out for the signs of dead wood we could cut up in the night for next day's steaming. Heart of Darkness by Conrad, Joseph View in context			keep back keep banker's hours keep body and soul together keep cards close to chest keep chair keep chin up keep close watch on keep company keep cool keep dark keep distance keep distance (from keep end up keep eye on keep eye on the ball keep eyes open keep eyes peeled keep faith with keep feet on the ground keep finger on the pulse of keep fingers crossed keep fit keep from doing keep going keep good time keep guessing keep hand in keep hands clean keep hands off keep hands to keep harping on keep head keep head above water keep head down keep honest keep house keep in check keep in good with keep in ignorance keep in line keep in mind keep in mind that keep in order keep in sight keep in some place keep in stitches keep in suspense keep in the dark keep in touch keep in training keep inside			keep from being successful keep from contact with others keep from danger keep from doing keep from entering Keep from Freezing keep from loss keep from notice keep from proceeding keep from public view keep from sight Keep Geeks Busy Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation keep going keep going keep going keep good time keep good time keep good time keep good time keep good time Keep Grahamstown Grahamstown Campaign Keep Grand Prairie Beautiful Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful Keep Griffin Spalding Beautiful keep guard keep guard keep guard keep guard keep guarded keep guessing Keep hair on! keep half an eye on keep hand keep hand keep hand keep hand keep hand in keep hands clean keep hands clean keep hands clean keep hands clean keep hands clean keep hands clean keep hands off keep hands to keep hanging keep harping on keep head keep head keep head keep head keep head keep head above water keep head above water keep head above water keep head above water keep head above water keep head down keep head down keep head down

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