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to keep sb waiting

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  • keep someone waiting — phrase to make someone stay in one place or do nothing until you are ready to see or talk to them We were kept waiting outside his office for over an hour. Don’t keep me waiting for an answer. wait for someone/​something to do something: Rescue… …   Useful english dictionary

  • keep somebody waiting — keep sb ˈwaiting idiom to make sb have to wait or be delayed, especially because you arrive late • I m sorry to have kept you waiting. Main entry: ↑waitidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • keep one waiting — index delay, hold up (delay), procrastinate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • keep someone waiting — to make someone stay in one place or do nothing until you are ready to see or talk to them We were kept waiting outside his office for over an hour. Don t keep me waiting for an answer. wait for someone/something to do something: Rescue teams… …   English dictionary

  • keep — keep1 W1S1 [ki:p] v past tense and past participle kept [kept] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not change)¦ 2¦(continue doing something)¦ 3¦(not give back)¦ 4¦(not lose)¦ 5¦(store something)¦ 6¦(make somebody stay in a place)¦ 7¦(delay somebody)¦ 8¦(do what you… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • keep — 1 /ki:p/ verb past tense and past participle kept /kept/ 1 NOT GIVE BACK (T) to have something and not need to give it back: You can keep it. I don t need it. | Try it for a week and we guarantee you ll want to keep it. 2 NOT LOSE (T) to continue …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • keep — keep1 [ kip ] (past tense and past participle kept [ kept ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stay in state/position ▸ 2 (make) continue/repeat ▸ 3 continue to have ▸ 4 store ▸ 5 (make) stay within limit ▸ 6 do what you said ▸ 7 provide money for ▸ 8 take care of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • keep — I UK [kiːp] / US [kɪp] verb Word forms keep : present tense I/you/we/they keep he/she/it keeps present participle keeping past tense kept UK [kept] / US past participle kept *** 1) a) [intransitive] to stay in a state, position, or place without… …   English dictionary

  • keep — I. verb (kept; keeping) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to Old High German chapfēn to look Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to take notice of by appropriate conduct ; fulfill: as a. to be faithful …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • keep*/*/*/ — [kiːp] (past tense and past participle kept [kept] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to stay in a state, position, or place without changing or moving, or to make someone or something do this Keep still while I brush your hair.[/ex] People kept quiet because… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • Waiting for the Galactic Bus — is a 1988 science fiction novel by Parke Godwin and published by Doubleday Books. It is the predecessor to Godwin s 1989 sequel, The Snake Oil Wars.Infobox Book name = Waiting for the Galactic Bus title orig = translator = image caption = author …   Wikipedia

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