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adverb
- Soon, presently
"… tomorrow will be here anon."
- After a while later
"more of that anon"
- At once immediately
abbreviation
- Anonymous}; {a_link
noun
- A corner whether constituting a projecting part or a partially enclosed space
"They sheltered in an angle of the building."
- The figure formed by two lines extending from the same point
- A measure of an angle or of the amount of turning necessary to bring one line or plane into coincidence with or parallel to another
- The direction from which someone or something is approached
"soldiers being attacked from every angle"
- The precise viewpoint from which something is observed or considered
"a camera angle"
- A sharply divergent course
"The road went off at an angle."
adverb
- Always
"ever striving to improve"
- At any time
"more than ever before"
- In any way
"how can I ever thank you"
- Used as an intensive
verb
- To retain in one's possession or power
"kept the money we found"
- To refrain from granting, giving, or allowing
"kept the news back"
- To have in control
"keep your temper"
- To be faithful to
"keep a promise"
- To act fittingly in relation to
"keep the Sabbath"
- To conform to in habits or conduct
"keep late hours"
- To stay in accord with (a beat)
"keep time"
- To watch over and defend
"keep us from harm"
- To continue to maintain
"keep watch"
- To have customarily in stock for sale
- To restrain from departure or removal detain
"keep children after school"
- Hold back, restrain
"keep them from going"
- Save, reserve
"keep some for later"
- To refrain from revealing
"keep a secret"
- To confine oneself to
"keep my room"
- To stay or continue in
"keep the path"
- To stay or remain on or in usually against opposition hold
"kept her ground"
- Conduct, manage
"keep a tearoom"
- To maintain a course, direction, or progress
"keep to the right"
- To continue usually without interruption
"keep talking"
- To persist in a practice
"kept bothering them"
- To stay even
- To remain in good condition
"meat will keep in the freezer"
- To remain secret
"the secret would keep"
- To call for no immediate action
"the matter will keep until morning"
- Abstain, refrain
"can't keep from talking"
- To be in session
"school will keep through the winter"
- To retain possession of a football especially after faking a handoff
- Live, lodge
noun
- Hepatitis clinically similar to hepatitis A and hepatitis B but caused by a different virus
idiom
- An act of trying to kill someone a usually unsuccessful effort to kill someone
"Police report that there has been an attempt on the actor's life."
idiom
- To be only partly paying attention to to look at occasionally
"He had/kept half an eye on the TV while he read the paper."
idiom
- To watch (someone or something) very closely
"The guard kept an eagle eye on the prisoner."
idiom
- To try to kill someone
"Someone made an attempt on her life."
This clue was used on June 28, 2025.
This clue has been used several times with the same answer. It also appeared on these dates:
June 26, 2025
April 2, 2025