Keep and Leaves

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

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Leaves is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

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Keep is an antonym for leaves in topics: abandon, give, depart, forget.

Candace decideds to keep hers, but Stacy leaves the party to change into a The Scarlet Pimpernel costume instead.

Source: Dresses the Same
Inverting this trope at the last minute, Michael leaves with his son (and apparently his father) instead of staying to keep his family and the business intact.

Source: Here We Go Again
When she instead uses Chip as a host (something the Doctor cannot forbid as he is a volunteer) he quickly relents and offers to keep her alive on a skin graft if she leaves his body.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S28 E1 "New Earth"

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