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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

keep someone up late en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To prevent a person from going to bed at their usual time.
    • Few political careers start when people are in their 70s, but Hendy is actually relishing it, although he is incensed sometimes by the pointlessness of the posturing by the opposition, which keeps him up late. "The bit I don't like is getting home at 0100 or 0200 in the morning because the opposition have been fruitlessly arguing for a long time." 2025 October 1, Christian Wolmar, “Rail Minister at the heart of rail reform”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 35:

Forms

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keeping someone up late Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kept someone up late Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kept someone up late Tense=Past lexicographic
keeps someone up late Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

keep someone up at night