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  • 1keep company with — keep company (with (someone)) 1. to be connected with someone. There are rumors that the singer keeps company with some very dangerous criminals. 2. to spend time together in a romantic relationship. They ve been keeping company for a year and… …

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  • 2part company with — part company (with (someone)) 1. to disagree. That is an issue on which many people part company with the president. 2. to end a relationship. Rick and I parted company a long time ago, and I m seeing someone else now …

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  • 3keep company with —    to have a sexual relationship with    Literally, to accompany whence, in standard English, to court:     Their sweethearts or husbands have been keepin company with someone else. (Emerson, 1890)    See also company1 …

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  • 4in company with — formal together with someone or something else Germany, in company with France, refused to lift the ban …

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  • 5in company with — index along Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6keep company with — index accompany Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7join company with — formal to become involved in something that someone else is doing Nurses unions have joined company with the teachers in protesting at the policy …

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  • 8To keep company with — Company Com pa*ny (k[u^]m p[.a]*n[y^]), n.; pl. {Companies} (k[u^]m p[.a]*n[i^]z). [F. compagnie, fr. OF. compaing. See {Companion}.] 1. The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society;… …

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  • 9To keep company with — Keep Keep (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913… …

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  • 10keep company with someone — keep company (with (someone)) 1. to be connected with someone. There are rumors that the singer keeps company with some very dangerous criminals. 2. to spend time together in a romantic relationship. They ve been keeping company for a year and… …

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