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keep by
keep someone or something by someone
to make someone or something stay next to someone. Try to keep the twins by you until we have taken a few more pictures. Please keep this package by you until we are ready to present it.
keep something by
to keep something handy; to keep something in reserve, ready to be used. Keep this extra glue by in case you need it. This money had been kept by for just such an emergency.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Pate | | - | Medieval English |
Gaultier | | - | French |
Farouk | | - | Arabic |
Nahal | | NAH-khahl | Hebrew |
Hektor | | - | Greek Mythology |
Sonya | | SON-yə (English), SAWN-yə (English) | Russian, English |