the company keeps

Meaning

1. the company sb keeps

   the people that sb spends time with

   Judging by the company he kept, Mark must have been a wealthy man.

In the movies · 2

• This company keeps 23 people on the road at least 250 days a year.Up in the Air2009
• But we never seem to find the time 'cause my company keeps me kind of busy.Paris, Texas1984

From the same entry

• get into bad company
• in company with
• in good company
• keep company
• two's company
• part company
• present company excepted