The phrase "to keep around" is correct and usable in written English.
It means to maintain or have something or someone nearby in order to have access to it/them when needed. Example: "I always like to keep a first aid kit around in case of emergencies."
The gallon-sized jugs from purified water are perfect to keep around for bathing the crabs, and keeping their water bowls full.
But it eats up a massive amount of bandwidth and costs something like $18,000 a month to keep around".
We landed in the Russian zone of Berlin, where we had to keep around five different passes on us.
"Stuff like that we have to keep around for a while until the smell goes away," Birch said.
"I knew going into it that you would be an expensive one to keep around, I accounted for all that; I understand someone of your caliber and taste.
They are able to keep around 60% of their wages, with the rest going to the prison service for their upkeep.
(By the way, a batch of simple syrup, made by stirring sugar in an equal amount of water until it dissolves, is a handy thing to keep around in hot weather).
Later in the evening, police riot squad officers continued to keep around 300 loyalists apart from a smaller group of nationalists at Castlereagh Street and Albertbridge Road in east Belfast.
When it comes to how much cash to keep around, most experts agree on a basic rule of thumb.
(Tritium is a hydrogen isotope consisting of a proton and two neutrons; unlike normal hydrogen and deuterium, it's unstable and therefore harder to keep around).
But the service offers flexibility in the access customers have to things they might not want to keep around their house or apartment.
