to follow an agreement or a rule, by doing what you should do or what you said you would do
to prevent an amount or number from passing a limit
to stay on a path, road etc when you are going somewhere
to write or talk about the subject that you have started to talk about, and not any other subject
Always keep to the speed limit.
He always kept to the subject.
I wish he’d just keep to the point.
If people don't want to get fined for speeding, they should get to grips with keeping to the speed limit.
Motorists can earn discounts of up to 50 per cent on their premiums by keeping to speed limits, braking gently and slowing down for corners.
The drivers are also more respectful and (within limitations) keep to the speed limits.
They kept to the side of the field.
This means commanders will have to send home 200 support troops to keep to the limit of 9,000.
Try to keep to a regular timetable of waking and sleeping.
What she is strict about is keeping to proper mealtimes.
Will it be possible to keep to the limit in the present negotiations?
You must keep to the path.
You should keep your intake of alcohol to a minimum.
keeps to
keeping to
kept to
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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