keep time
English
Verb
keep time (third-person singular simple present keeps time, present participle keeping time, simple past and past participle kept time)
- To measure time.
- To indicate the time correctly (of a timepiece).
- How well does this old watch keep time?
- To make any regular rhythmical movements at the same time with others.
- He couldn't carry a tune in a wheelbarrow, but he keeps time like a damn machine.
- To control the beat or rhythm of a song played by a music group.
- Isn't one of the conductor's main jobs to keep time?