Keep in meaning
Keep in is a phrasal verb that means to make a child remain indoors as punishment or require a patient to remain in hospital.
- Past simple
- kept in
- Past participle
- kept in
- -ing form
- keeping in
What keep in means
B1
To make a child remain indoors as punishment or require a patient to remain in hospital
The doctor kept him in overnight for observation.
Similar phrasal verbs
With keep: keep on doing, keep off, keep on, keep out, keep up, keep down, keep away, keep back, keep from doing, keep in with.
With in: come in, go in, fill in, get in, believe in, check in, give in, hand in, log in, move in.
Common questions
What does keep in mean?
To make a child remain indoors as punishment or require a patient to remain in hospital.
What is the past tense of keep in?
Kept in, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
