keep sb company
Frequency: 7.250.0 per million words
To stay with someone so that they are not alone.
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Examples (10)
- I'll stay and keep you company for a while.
- My dog often keeps me company while I work from home.
- He offered to keep her company as she waited for the late bus.
- Would you like me to keep you company until your parents get back?
- She turned on the radio just to keep her company in the empty house.
- Thanks for keeping me company on the long drive.
- We took turns keeping our grandfather company at the hospital.
- I had a good book to keep me company during the flight delay.
- He was a lonely old man, so his neighbors would often pop in to keep him company.
- Please, go keep your sister company; she looks a bit sad.