Intern
Intern verb - To put in or as if in prison.
Usage example: some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- In season 8, new intern Ed is another subversion in that while he was initially smart enough to get by with little work, eventually it became impossible for him to keep up and he was fired.
Source: Hard Work Hardly Works -
The station gives an idiotic intern his own show, to keep 'em afloat.
Source: Springtime for Hitler -
In one episode when a funding cut will result in one of the interns having to go, there end up being two "anonymous" monetary donations, each of which is enough to allow the Jeffersonian to keep the intern's position.
Source: Non-Idle Rich
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