keep it one hundred
To be authentic, to be true to oneself.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“You should always keep it one hundred with your friends.”
“I always keep it one hundred when I give my honest opinion on fashion.”
“You keep it one hundred by admitting you made a mistake at work.”
“I know the news is difficult to hear, but I appreciate you keeping it one hundred with me.”
“I need to keep it one hundred and tell my boss that I cannot finish this project by Friday without more help.”
“Even though it might hurt their feelings, she decided to keep it one hundred about why the party was so boring.”
“The athlete gained many new fans because he kept it one hundred during the interview instead of giving scripted answers.”
“Despite the immense pressure to conform to the expectations of his peers, he chose to keep it one hundred and speak his truth.”
The expression is an ellipsis of the phrase keep it real one hundred percent. The construction relies on the numerical value to signify total authenticity, a truncation that removes the explicit reference to reality and the fractional marker while retaining the full weight of the proportion.
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a hundred and ten percent
A level of effort beyond what one can usually sustain; great exertion.
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as best one can
In the best possible way, given one's circumstances and abilities.
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as far as one knows
To the best of one's knowledge, as far as someone knows or possible information to be gathered about the topic, subject, aspect, or situation.
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back to square one
Located back at the start, as after a dead end or failure.
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bat five hundred
To be successful half of the time; to have a success rate of 50%.
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be a hundred years too early
To be so immature and unprepared as to have no hope of achieving an accomplishment.
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beat as one
To share the same feelings.
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become one flesh
To join together in marriage; to develop a unifying bond as a result of marrying.
Last updated August 10, 2026