Definition of keep body and soul together
- She kept body and soul together by working two jobs.
: to retain in one's possession or power
: to refrain from granting, giving, or allowing
: to have in control
: the means or provisions by which one is kept
: one that keeps or protects: such as
: fortress, castle
: the main part of a plant or animal body especially as distinguished from limbs and head : trunk
: the main, central, or principal part: such as
: the nave of a church
: to give form or shape to : embody
: represent, symbolize
: to use one's body to forcefully block or move (an opposing player)
: the immaterial essence, animating principle, or actuating cause of an individual life
: the spiritual principle embodied in human beings, all rational and spiritual beings, or the universe
: god
: of, relating to, or characteristic of black Americans or their culture
: designed for or controlled by blacks
: in or into one place, mass, collection, or group
: in a body : as a group
: in or into contact, connection, collision, or union
: appropriately prepared, organized, or balanced
: composed in mind or manner : self-possessed
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