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Idiom

keep it real

Meaning

In the imperative, an exhortation used as a departing salutation.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“See you later, keep it real.”

“I am heading out now, so take care and keep it real.”

“As the evening drew to a close, he offered a final nod to his friends and told them to keep it real.”

Examples

simple

“See you later, keep it real.”

contextual

“I am heading out now, so take care and keep it real.”

complex

“As the evening drew to a close, he offered a final nod to his friends and told them to keep it real.”

Origin

From keep + it + real.

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