Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To remain calm, reasonable, level-headed, especially in a situation likely to cause distress.

Examples

49 sentences

  1. Tom kept his head above the water.

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  2. Tom barely managed to keep his head above water.

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  3. Tom kept his head above water.

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  4. Keep your head down.

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  5. Tom kept his head.

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Forms

keeps one's head, keeping one's head, kept one's head, kept one's head
Base formkeep one's head · to keep one's head
3rd person singularkeeps one's head
Present participlekeeping one's head
Past simplekept one's head
Past participlekept one's head

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykeep one's head
he, she, itkeeps one's head

Past simpleLesson

all personskept one's head

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kept one's head
he, she, ithas kept one's head

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill keep one's head

Antonyms

2 antonyms
lose one's headpanicB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
keenB2keenlykeepA1keeperB2keepsakekefirkeg

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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