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.