keep someone company

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

keep someone company (third-person singular simple present keeps someone company, present participle keeping someone company, simple past and past participle kept someone company)

1. (idiomatic) To remain with or accompany someone, especially to make them feel more comfortable with a certain situation.

   I'm a bit nervous. Could you keep me company while I wait for my blind date to arrive?

Translations

remain with someone

• Bulgarian: правя компания n (pravja kompanija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (formal) 陪同 (zh) (péitóng), 陪伴 (zh) (péibàn), (informal) 陪 (zh) (péi)

• Dutch: gezelschap houden
• Finnish: pitää seuraa
• French: tenir compagnie (fr)
• German: Gesellschaft leisten
• Italian: fare compagnia, tenere compagnia
• Polish: dotrzymywać towarzystwa
• Portuguese: fazer companhia
• Russian: подде́рживать компа́нию impf (poddérživatʹ kompániju), поддержа́ть компа́нию pf (podderžátʹ kompániju) (+ dative case)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: håller företag

See also

• keep company