Keep-the-home-fires-burning Definition
verb
(idiomatic, colloquial) To maintain daily routine and provide the necessities of life in a home or community.
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Origin of Keep-the-home-fires-burning
A reference to keeping campfires, lights, etc. at one's home village burning, often while part of the population travels elsewhere to hunt, etc.
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