How do I transfer my imac address book to icloud

My contact book on my iMac has not transferred to iCloud. The iCloud setting on my computer
has both the contacts and calendar checked. How do I transfer the computer's contacts to the
iCloud without getting duplications of everything?

thank you for your help
My mac settings are set for iCloud so that is not working.
When I go to sign out of iCloud.com it gives me a message " Do you want to keep a copy of your iCloud contacts on this Mac? If you do not keep a copy, iCloud contacts will be removed from this Mac, but will still be available on other devices using iCloud."
The options are then:
     Delete from Mac
     Cancel
     Keep Contacts
Since my contact book on my iMac has everything including the couple of new entries through iCloud it is important to keep them. I like iCloud, if it works in that it automatically goes to the computer and my phone
without having to plug the phone in to sync which helps since we are out of town regularly.
I appreciate your efforts in helping me for I find iCloud tough to understand and get working so that not everythin is duplicated.
Jim

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