Keep and Lead

Keep

Keep verb - To look after and make decisions about.

Usage example: enlisted a relative to keep the store while she was away

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Lead and keep are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.

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Keep and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

human	human keep	human lead
good	good keep	good lead
clear	clear keep	clear lead
normal	normal keep	normal lead
Other adjectives: typical, original, single, powerful, actual, vocal, massive, big, great, huge, slight, black, main, cute, important, dramatic, eponymous.

humanity	keep humanity	lead humanity
life	keep life	lead life
people	keep people	lead people
children	keep children	lead children
Other words: family, company, team, rest, way, world, anyone, everyone, humans, friends, players, enemies.

Played straight with the Terminators themselves, who routinely get filled with lead and keep on going.

Source: Only a Flesh Wound
Of the ones that aren't, two of them lead to you dying and the ones that don't still lead you to getting found, which means you must keep running again.

Source: Video Game / Paranoiac
Nasoj appears to be taking his sweet time destroying the keep; but one of the biggest story arcs was actually dedicated to an assault lead by Nasoj.

Source: Literature / Metamor Keep

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