Give out
Give out verb - To make known openly or publicly.
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Both terms in one sentence
- While they don't give out as much experience as they do in the Dragon Quest series, they still give out the best experience for that area, and are protected by psychic shield to keep you from oneashotting them with your spells.
Source: Video Game / Hallows End - Alternatively, that's what every agent says, so they keep a stash of VDOT stuff to give out.
Source: Covert Group with Mundane Front - In the first book it looked like teachers were allowed to give out false grades, but a scene in book two establishes that the government (and possibly the parents) know the real grades, but just don't tell their kids in order to keep them down.
Source: Literature / Truancy
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