Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Returns
Both words in one sentence
- But when V'Ger returns, demanding Spock, Kirk will fight very Hell itself to save him - and to keep him for eternity.
- The Wiz has Dorothy keep the Silver Slippers when she returns to Kansas, deviating from the book that inspired the musical.
Source: Fantasy Keepsake -
Fantasy Keepsake: Unlike the book, Dorothy gets to keep the Silver Slippers when she returns to Kansas in the play and the TV version.
Source: Theatre / The Wiz
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