keep cave
English
Etymology
UK C19. Used at Eton College, Berkshire. See cave (“look out, beware”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kēp kāʹvē, IPA(key): /kiːp ˈkeɪvi/
Verb
keep cave (third-person singular simple present keeps cave, present participle keeping cave, simple past and past participle kept cave)
- (Britain, school slang) To maintain vigilance.
- 1989, Kipling, Rudyard, “An Unsavoury Interlude”, in Stalky & Co.:
- I vote we go down and explore. No one will come up this time o' day. We needn't keep cavé.
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