Keep and Setting off

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Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Setting off is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

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Keep is an antonym for setting off in topics: discharge a projectile, detonate or throw a weapon, detonate weapon.

Omi inevitably fell asleep, and the Claws helped keep Omi asleep (giving him a pillow, gently easing him down etc.) before setting off to do its deeds.

Source: Western Animation / Xiaolin Showdown
Mira Grant's Parasitology revolves around a genetically engineered tapeworm designed to keep people healthy that winds up integrating itself into people's brains and setting off a Zombie Apocalypse.

Source: Bio Punk
If you lower the outer shield when Saavedro says to, he says "time to keep my end of the bargain" — and throws the fucking Releeshahn Book away before setting off.

Source: Moral Event Horizon / Video Games

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