Collocations for "maintaining"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "maintaining" in context.
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maintain
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- maintain a [friendship, relationship]
- maintain a [close, cordial, intimate] relationship
- maintain your [car, house]
- maintain a healthy [diet, lifestyle]
- maintain the [speed, rate]
- maintain [a minimum, the maximum]
- maintain [confidentiality, professionalism, standards]
- while (still) maintaining [confidentiality]
- maintain [my composure, your integrity]
- maintain their [position, neutrality, independence]
- maintain your [health, weight, ground]
- maintain yourself financially
- maintain [communication, open lines]
- necessary to maintain life
- maintain [human, marine] life
- maintain eye contact
- [properly, consistently] maintain
- maintain and [improve, operate, update, enhance, repair]
- the [property, pool, confidentiality] has to be maintained
- is [difficult, hard, not hard, easy] to maintain
- [difficult] to maintain across [borders, cultural lines]
'maintaining' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):