keep to

Meaning: If you keep to something like a limit, a budget or a schedule, you don't go over it or outside it.

For example:

·                       keep to sth If we don't keep to our budget, we won't have enough money left over to pay the rent.

·                       keep to sth It's important to keep to the schedule or we'll start having problems.

Nouns often used as objects with
keep to: budget, limit, schedule, timetable, route, plan

Quick Quiz:

We kept to our annual budget, so at the end of the year we

a.   had plenty of money b.  were short of money c.   had to borrow money englishclub.com

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