keep up appearance

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Definition of keep up appearance in English English dictionary

keep up appearances
To pretend to be all right or that everything is going well

With tact and management it would be possible to partially satisfy creditors, and keep up appearances for six months more.

keep up appearances
maintain the illusion that all is well (financially, emotionally, etc.), pretend that everything is fine
keep up appearance

    Hyphenation

    keep up ap·pear·ance

    Turkish pronunciation

    kip ʌp ıpîrıns

    Pronunciation

    /ˈkēp ˈəp əˈpərəns/ /ˈkiːp ˈʌp əˈpɪrəns/
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