Break into and Keep

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Break into verb - Express or utter spontaneously.

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Keep is an antonym for break into in steal topic.

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

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Break into is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Lovecraft short story "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", the residents of Innsmouth attempt to break into the narrator's room at the Inn to kill him, presumably to keep the secrets of the town hidden from outsiders.

Source: Inn of No Return

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