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maintain
(redirected from maintainable)

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maintain someone in something
to keep or provide for someone in a certain style or condition. I insist that you maintain me in the style to which I have become accustomed. He had hoped to maintain himself in comfort.

maintain something at something

to keep something at a certain level, setting, degree, amount, etc. You must maintain the temperature at 30 degrees Celsius. We have to maintain the temperature at a very high level.

keep a low profile
to avoid attracting attention to yourself He's been keeping a low profile at work ever since his argument with Peter.
See also: keep, low, profile

keep a low profile also maintain a low profile
to behave in a way that does not attract attention The local people are not always pleasant to strangers, who are warned to keep a low profile while visiting.
See also: keep, low, profile


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The scheme will run as though it were a real contract and will involve consultation sessions between the students and residents allowing the designs of more manageable and maintainable gardens for the individuals.
Justice S N Dhingra concluded that the suit filed by Rohit Shekhar is not maintainable allowed the plea of 84-year-old Tiwari who had sought dismissal of the petition.
Additional Prosecutor General NAB, Abdul Baseer Qureshi took the plea the review petition filed by Siddiq ul Farooq had become time barred and it was not maintainable.
 
 
 
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