keep your head above water

Definition

› to just be able to continue doing what you do: The business is in trouble, but we’re keeping our heads above water.

(Definition of keep your head above water from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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keep v DO
keep v POSSESS
keep v STAY
keep v STAY FRESH
keep your fingers crossed idiom
keep your head above water idiom
keep your mouth shut idiom
keep your nose out of idiom
keep your nose to the grindstone idiom
keep your options open idiom
keep your temper idiom

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