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Manage a household, especially do the housework. For example, It's difficult to find time to keep house when you work full-time. [c. 1600]
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): keep house
to manage a household. • I hate to keep house. I’d rather live in a tent than keep house. • My grandmother kept house for nearly sixty years.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs