Gather
Gather verb - To bring together in one body or place.
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Crapsack World: It's a hundred thousand years in the future, there's hardly any resources left, and what remains of humanity is fighting to gather and keep a hold of as much as they can.
Source: Video Game / Freedom Wars - Yank the Dog's Chain: Malus is allowed to gather and keep the artifacts he needs to release T'Zarkan.
Source: Literature / Malus Darkblade -
Wizard Needs Food Badly: You have to build inns and gather wheat to keep your units alive.
Source: Video Game / Globulation
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