Idiom
keep company
Meaning
To court.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He likes to keep company with the girl next door.”
“They have been keeping company for several months and plan to marry next spring.”
“The young man spent his evenings keeping company with the merchant's daughter, hoping to win her father's approval for their union.”
Examples
simple
“He likes to keep company with the girl next door.”
contextual
“They have been keeping company for several months and plan to marry next spring.”
complex
“The young man spent his evenings keeping company with the merchant's daughter, hoping to win her father's approval for their union.”
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