keep body and soul together

== English == === Alternative forms === keep soul and body together === Verb === keep body and soul together (third-person singular simple present keeps body and soul together, present participle keeping body and soul together, simple past and past participle kept body and soul together) Of a person: to survive; to continue living. ==== Related terms ==== body and soul === Further reading === “keep body and soul together”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “keep body and soul together”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “keep body and soul together” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman. “keep body and soul together”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “to keep together” under “keep, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Anagrams === keep soul and body together