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Keep up appearances

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Verb
  1. 1
    To artificially maintain an outward sign of normality; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety. idiomatic

    "For my father's sake, I thought I must keep up appearances, but the food stuck in my throat, and I could not swallow another mouthful."

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