Usually means: Maintain rhythm or measure duration.
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  1. keep time: Merriam-Webster
  2. keep time: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. keep time: Collins English Dictionary
  4. keep time: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. keep time: Wiktionary
  6. keep time: Dictionary.com
  7. keep time: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. keep time: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (keep time)

verb:  To measure time.
verb:  To indicate the time correctly (of a timepiece).
verb:  To make any regular rhythmical movements at the same time with others.
verb:  To control the beat or rhythm of a song played by a music group.
verb:  To maintain a schedule set out in a timetable. (e.g. of a train)

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