keeps house

Tends the home

To keep house is to manage a household—cleaning, cooking, maintaining order.

The phrase often describes someone whose primary occupation is domestic work rather than outside employment: She kept house for her elderly father after he was widowed.

A housekeeper keeps house professionally for others.

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pet care · floor · making beds · elder care · budgeting · chores · spring cleaning · expense tracking · financial planning · running errands · taking out trash · mop · meal planning · grocery shopping · stay-at-home · babysitting · furnishing · party planning

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employment location

keeps housegoes to work

Travels to employment

brings home the bacon

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G