Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kept up appearances

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables
kep-t up ap-pear-ances
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of keep up appearances

Questions

What does kept up appearances mean?
simple past and past participle of keep up appearances

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