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keep place

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keep one's place
Fig. to exhibit only the behavior appropriate to one's position or status in life. When I complained about the food, they told me to keep my place! I suggest you keep your place until you're in a position to change things.
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The factories have gone from Digbeth because there's no work and unlesswe fight to keep places like the Rainbow open, all you will have left round here is empty duplex flats.
Urban sophisticates who know the price of everything and the value of nothing sneer at simple country folk who work hard to keep places like Wincanton thriving and make special efforts to support it because it is part of a bigger picture that they value and wish to see prosper.
 
 
 
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