keep time

keep time
1) if a clock keeps good time, it always shows the correct time
2) music if a musician keeps time, they play a piece of music at the correct speed and beat
3) if you keep time for a musician, you show them what the correct speed and beat are for a piece of music

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  • keep time — {v. phr.} 1. To show the right time. * /My watch has not kept good time since I dropped it./ 2. To keep the beat; keep the same rhythm; keep in step. * /Many people are surprised at how well deaf people keep time with the music when they dance./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • keep time — {v. phr.} 1. To show the right time. * /My watch has not kept good time since I dropped it./ 2. To keep the beat; keep the same rhythm; keep in step. * /Many people are surprised at how well deaf people keep time with the music when they dance./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • keep time — ► keep time play or accompany music in time. Main Entry: ↑time …   English terms dictionary

  • keep\ time — v. phr. 1. To show the right time. My watch has not kept good time since I dropped it. 2. To keep the beat; keep the same rhythm; keep in step. Many people are surprised at how well deaf people keep time with the music when they dance …   Словарь американских идиом

  • keep time — 1) show the right time My new watch keeps perfect time so I am very happy. 2) keep the beat, keep the same rhythm It is difficult for him to keep time with the other members of the band but at least he tries …   Idioms and examples

  • keep time — 1. to stay even with a musical beat. Many in the crowd swayed and kept time to the music by tapping their feet. 2. to record how long something has taken. When I go running I like to keep time on my watch …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep time — play or rhythmically accompany music in time. → time …   English new terms dictionary

  • keep time — idi a) to record time, as a watch or clock does b) to mark or observe the tempo, as by performing rhythmic movements …   From formal English to slang

  • time — ► NOUN 1) the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future, regarded as a whole. 2) a point of time as measured in hours and minutes past midnight or noon. 3) the favourable or appropriate moment to do… …   English terms dictionary

  • keep good time — See: KEEP TIME …   Dictionary of American idioms

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