Keep and Live by

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

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

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Keep and live by are semantically related in conform topic. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Live by".

They live by asari's Safety in Indifference style and try to keep to themselves... in the middle of the Terminus Systems, wich is pretty much the Wild West, as Sam describes it.

Source: Fan Fic / Spiritof Redemption
Paul Wilson's La Nague Federation series there are two planets that live by differing strains of a philosophy called KYFHO (Keep Your Fucking Hands Off).

Source: Libertarians In Space
Stand-In Parents: Played straight in the Season Four opener, where Brittany decided to pose as the mother parents day at school, to keep school officials from finding out the girls are orphans and live by themselves.

Source: Western Animation / Alvin and the Chipmunks

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