Deal and Keep

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Deal verb - To carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property.

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Keep is an antonym for deal in topics: distribute, do business.

Nearby Words: dealing, dealer, dealt

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

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Deal is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

sweet	sweet deal	sweet keep
old	old deal	old keep
good	good deal	good keep
full	full deal	full keep
Other adjectives: best, better, usual, specific, complete, original, single, rough, small, powerful, actual, massive, big, great, huge, black, dark, main, important, major, few.

character	deal character	keep character
power	deal power	keep power
life	deal life	keep life
people	deal people	keep people
Other words: number, time, way, game, story, information, player, weapons, enemies.

Rintaro makes a deal with the demon to take him instead even though he knows that demon can keep him there forever.

Source: Manga / Love in Hell
Unfortunately, while it looked like the demon was going to agree to the deal, he instead decides to keep them both there but fortunately the king of hell decided to intervene.

Source: Manga / Love in Hell
Better then to keep around the evil threat you already know how to deal with, than risk leaving the way open for something far worse to come up that you may not know how to deal with in time.

Source: Sealed Evil In A Can / Western Animation

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