IDIOMS
in sb's keeping being taken care of by sb: (figurative) Her secrets were safe in his keeping.
seealsoSAFEKEEPING
in keeping (with sth) appropriate or expected in a particular situation; in agreement with sth:
The latest results are in keeping with our earlier findings.
out of keeping (with sth) not appropriate or expected in a particular situation; not in agreement with sth:
The painting is out of keeping with the rest of the room.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for keeping is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is keeping a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, keeping is tagged as noun.
Does keeping appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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