Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Left alone is an antonym for keep.
Left alone
Both terms in one sentence
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In particular: Foxy, who normally requires the player to keep an eye on him with the cameras (but not too much), now must be left alone or he'll immediately attack.
Source: Bait and Switch -
Sidekick: Eric is left alone to run amok with only Maxum Brain, a hyperintelligent computer, to keep him in check.
Source: Raised by Robots -
The murderer in Left Alone chooses to follow Joel around instead of, you know, killing him to keep his location a secret.
Source: Stalker Without a Crush
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Left alone and Keep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/left_alone
Keep & Left alone. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/left_alone>.
Left alone or Keep. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/left_alone.
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