going steady

phrase

present participle of go steady
as in dating
to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage She asked him if he wanted to go steady.

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keeping company
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  • At $2 trillion, Anthropic would be keeping company with six other businesses in the world with valuations that size or more plus Broadcom, which has been floating near the $2 trillion mark since first crossing it earlier this year.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of keeping company
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“Going steady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/going%20steady. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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