Keep and Mess

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Keep noun - The act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition.

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

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Mess noun - A state in which everything is out of order.

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Keep and mess are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a noun "Mess".

Nearby Words: messy, messed, messing

Or possibly the woman, like most women, leads a busy life and doesn't necessarily keep close track of her periods, relying on the warning signs to keep from making a mess.

Source: Surprise Pregnancy
Despite taking great care to keep out of the way, he inevitably (since there'd be no story otherwise) manages to make a mess of it.

Source: Creator / Avram Davidson
She reported Dougie to HR in order to keep her job (which dragged all the Cogentiva employees into the mess) despite her one friend, Tyler, telling her he didn't want anything to do with HR.

Source: Series / Enlightened

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