Keep
Keep verb - To do what is required by the terms of.
Usage example: make sure you keep your promise to help out at the homeless shelter
Meet
Meet verb - To do what is required by the terms of.
Usage example: a financially struggling city trying to meet its loans
Nearby Word: meeting
How words are described
| typical | typical keep | typical meet |
| usual | usual keep | usual meet |
| short | short keep | short meet |
| original | original keep | original meet |
| Other adjectives: proper, single, main, cute, personal, magic, worst, athletic, technical, didn't. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In extreme cases, two of these may meet and keep on fighting for the whole round.
Source: Video Game / Mitadake High -
In the series, the Firefly team is mostly sailing around The Verse trying to make ends meet and keep out of the Alliance's hands; they aren't setting out to be Big Damn Heroes.
Source: Big Damn Movie -
A similar one regarding illegal guns: "The worse part of being convicted on a firearms offense is you don't get to keep the gun with you when you meet your new cellmate."
Source: Prison Rape
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