Advance and Keep

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Advance verb - To give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned.

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Keep is an antonym for advance in often quickly topic.

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

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Advance is an antonym for keep in prevent topic.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

human	human advance	human keep
good	good advance	good keep
full	full advance	full keep
short	short advance	short keep
Other adjectives: fast, complete, original, single, small, big, great, main, remote, important, major, creepy, technical.

humanity	advance humanity	keep humanity
character	advance character	keep character
power	advance power	keep power
relationship	advance relationship	keep relationship
Other words: track, characters, money, story, ship, player, powers, levels.

The Soviets have deployed three quarters of their entire tank forces there, and use their tanks and half-tracks to squelch on through the mud and both advance and keep their troops supplied (if only barely).

Source: World War II / War In Europe And Africa
In fact, you have to keep fighting him just because that's the only way to advance the script.

Source: Scripted Battle
To advance through part of the Hunter Exam, Gon is given the choice of two candles by his opponents, and they compete to keep theirs burning for the longest.

Source: Cutting the Knot

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