End and Keep from

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End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.

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Keep from and end are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep from" instead a verb "End".

Nearby Words: ending, ended, endless

Keep from verb - To resist the temptation of.

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End and keep from are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "End" instead a verb "Keep from".

She tries to sit with the main characters at the Inn toward the end (and has to be berated by Izumi to keep from doing so) and flatly refuses to help Izumi and Takeru attack Kouichi and Mei when evidence points to them being the Extra, because they may be wrong and that's still murder.

Source: Literature / Another
Unfortunately, she is unaware that Fuyuki can't swim, and her tactics to keep from being rescued by anyone but Fuyuki (plus some interference from Giroro) end up making her almost drown for real.

Source: Kiss of Life
At the end of the cartoon, the attendant confesses that he doesn't know how to get out of the overpass, and that he opened the stand to keep from starving to death.

Source: You Can't Miss It

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End & Keep from. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/keep_from>.

Keep from or End. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/keep_from.

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