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keep up appearances

keep up ap·pear·ance
K k

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [keep uhp uh-peer-uh ns]
    • /kip ʌp əˈpɪər əns/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [keep uhp uh-peer-uh ns]
    • /kip ʌp əˈpɪər əns/

Definitions of keep up appearances words

  • phrase keep up appearances If you keep up appearances, you try to behave and dress in a way that people expect of you, even if you can no longer afford it. 0
  • noun keep up appearances to maintain the public impression of wellbeing or normality 0
  • noun keep up appearances to maintain an outward show of being proper, decorous, well-off, etc. 0
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Parts of speech for Keep up appearances

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Keep up appearances

keep up appearances popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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