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Keep To Oneself (Verb)

Meaning 1

Shun the company of others; "The new student keeps to herself".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Examples

  • She tends to keep to herself during office gatherings, rarely interjecting in conversations.
  • The quiet student keeps to herself, preferring not to engage with her classmates.
  • As an introverted person, he tends to keep to himself at parties and social events.
  • After the move to a new city, she struggled to adjust and tended to keep to herself for months.
  • Her reserve led her to keep to herself in crowded public spaces, observing but not participating in the bustle around her.

Meaning 2

Withhold information; "I kept your little secret to myself all these years".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Examples

  • She kept her pregnancy to herself until the end of the first trimester.
  • I've kept his infidelity to myself, but I couldn't keep quiet any longer.
  • He kept his financial struggles to himself, even from his closest friends.
  • The witness decided to keep what she saw to herself and didn't testify in court.
  • I kept my true feelings about the movie to myself, so I wouldn't offend the director.

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