keep company

[keep company] {v. phr.}

1. To stay or go along with (someone) so that he will not be lonely to visit with (someone).

* /John kept Andy company while his parents went to the movies./

* /I'll go shopping with you just to keep you company./

2. To go places together as a couple; date just one person.

* /After keeping company for one year, Mary and John decided to marry./

* /Who is Bill keeping company with now?/ Compare: GO STEADY.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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