Keep and Laying

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Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Laying is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Laying noun - The production of eggs (especially in birds).

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Keep is an antonym for laying in credit topic.

Nearby Word: lay

Alien Pyron was responsible for killing the dinosaurs and laying waste to thousands of planets, and yet in his Vampire Savior ending, decides humanity's worthwhile enough to keep around.

Source: Anti Hero / Video Games
Lampshaded by first showing how few places they could keep all the stuff, then wondering aloud where they were keeping it after laying it out on a cloth.

Source: Anime / Bikini Warriors
The more realistic ones know that the odds of them ever doing so are almost zero, but keep fighting anyway since it beats laying down and accepting extinction.

Source: Galactic Conqueror

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