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out of keeping

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out of keeping (with something)
[of something said or some behavior] failing to fit in with something. This kind of thing is completely out of keeping with our standards of behavior. That is quite out of keeping with your statement of yesterday.
See also: keeping, out


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`Else had it been out of keeping with the rest of him,' quoth the prince.
This action was so unlike her usual composure and the fear depicted on Prince Vasili's face so out of keeping with his dignity that Pierre stopped and glanced inquiringly over his spectacles at his guide.
Hilbery, and thus terse and learned and altogether out of keeping with the rest, but Mrs.
 
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