To keep the wolf from the door

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to keep away poverty; to prevent starvation. See Wolf, 3, above.

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for keeps keep keep an eye on keep at keep company keep down keep off keep pace keep to keep up keeps scrape subsistence tide Wolf			All the strength you had and more, To keep the wolf from the door. THINK NOUGHT; Your Poem by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) The measures outlined could help to keep the wolf from the door. Cash: go with the flow by Able, Richard / Financial Management (UK) Byline: ALAN SIMPSON AS the recession begins to bite, it is understandable that everyone is cutting back in order to keep the wolf from the door. Letter: YOUR SHOUT - Entertainment costly for sick by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			To keep dark To keep down To keep from To keep good hours To keep house To keep in the background To keep in with To keep on To keep one's distance To keep one's hand in To keep one's head above water To keep one's nose to the grindstone To keep open house To keep pace with To keep quarter To keep school To keep shady To keep stroke To keep term To keep the countenance To keep the field To keep the foot To keep the land aboard To keep the peace To keep the pot boiling To keep the wolf from the door To keep to To keep touch To keep under To keep up To keep within bounds To key up To kick oneself To kick the beam To kick the bucket To kill time To knit up To knock about To knock in the head To knock off To knock out To knock under To knock up To know how To know of To know one's own limitations To knuckle to To lap boards To lap timbers To lash out To lattice up			To keep from To keep good hours To keep house To keep in the background To keep in with To keep on To keep one's distance To keep one's hand in To keep one's head above water To keep one's nose to the grindstone To Keep Open To keep open house To keep pace with To keep quarter To keep school To keep shady To keep stroke To keep term To keep the countenance To keep the field To keep the foot To keep the land aboard To keep the peace To keep the pot boiling To keep the wolf from the door To keep to To keep touch To keep under To keep up To Keep Vein Open To keep within bounds To Keep You in the Loop To key up To kick oneself To kick the beam To kick the bucket To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird Annual Production To kill time To knit up To knock about To knock in the head To knock off To knock out

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