Alternate and Keep

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Alternate

Alternate verb - Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions.
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Synonyms for Alternate
Antonyms for Alternate
Keep is an antonym for alternate in take turns topic.
Nearby Words: alternative, alternated, alternation, alternating, alternately

Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
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Synonyms for Keep
Antonyms for Keep
Alternate is an antonym for keep.
Nearby Words: keeping, keeper
Similar words of alternate

Similar words of keep

Common collocations

control alternate control keep control
someone alternate someone keep someone
time alternate time keep time
fact alternate fact keep fact
Other words: hands, levels.

Both words in one sentence

  • The guidelines for the King James Version specifically banned anything other than cross-references and alternate glosses in an effort to keep unwanted Puritan influences from creeping in.
    Source: The Annotated Edition
  • As Mantle and Maris alternate trying to handle with the pressure, poor Bob has to keep both men sane at times.
    Source: Film / Sixty One
  • Damn You, Muscle Memory Since by the rules of the game require the bowlers (roughly equivalent to a pitcher in baseball) to alternate between overs you can alternate between left and right handed bowlers to keep the batsmen from getting too comfortable.
    Source: Damn You, Muscle Memory
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