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What does keep up appearances mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word keep up appearances? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To pretend to be all right or that everything is going well.
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We keep up appearances and avoid what might lead to conflict.
It's not very clean, although more care is taken to keep up appearances in summer.
The residents of tree-lined avenues in Surrey will probably start petitioning to have higher charges to keep up appearances.
The only thing expressed in this election was a cry for help from a confused and lost nation, desperate to keep up appearances.
But to keep up appearances, perhaps for the benefit of us tourists, a ridiculous play is acted out.
The singer feigns ignorance, and makes a valiant if contradictory effort to keep up appearances.

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