Flush
Flush verb - To pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse.
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
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Both words in one sentence
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Try as the pair might to keep their relationship secret for a while more, Joe has to flush a tissue of his allergy snot down the toilet.
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Soryu plants one on the protagonist in his sequel, in order to be able to keep track of her while he uses her as bait to flush out the traitor among the Ice Dragons.
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The treatment is to start CPR immediately and keep going, no matter what, until medical help arrives; the victim is then placed on life support until their body can flush out the venom naturally.
Source: Death World
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