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keep time

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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.
See also: keep, time


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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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