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keep house

Verb

Meaning

(idiomatic) To take care of domestic chores; work as a housekeeper.

To seclude oneself in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors.

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The French word for housekeeping, ménagerie, derived from ménager ("to keep house"; compare ménage for "household"), also encompasses taking care of domestic animals. Source: Internet

Instead, she respectfully attended church and continued to keep house for him until his death in 1849, when she was 30. Five days after her father's funeral, she travelled to Switzerland with the Brays. Source: Internet

The German Nazi government strongly encouraged women to stay at home to bear children and keep house. Source: Internet

Polly Thomson was hired to keep house. Source: Internet

She hired a housekeeper and a cook to keep house while she was away on her long tours. Source: Internet

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