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keep time

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keep time 
1. Lit. to maintain a musical rhythm. Bob had to drop out of the band because he couldn't keep time. Since he can't keep time, he can't march, and he can't play the drums.
2. . Fig. to keep watch over the time in a game or an athletic contest. Ann kept time at all the basketball games. Whoever keeps time has to watch the referee very carefully.
3. . Fig. [for a clock or a watch] to keep track of time accurately. This watch doesn't keep time. My other watch kept time better.
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keep time
1. to stay even with a musical beat Many in the crowd swayed and kept time to the music by tapping their feet.
2. to record how long something has taken When I go running I like to keep time on my watch.
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I suppose the reader never makes nonsense rhymes from sheer gladness of heart,--nursery doggerel to keep time with the rippling of the stream, or the dancing of the sun, or the beating of his heart; the gibberish of delight.
To see two novices try to keep time with one another is very amusing.
I tried to make it keep time with the story itself, which was only superficial after all.
 
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