Keep and Mock

Keep

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

Mock is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Mock

Mock verb - To go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of.
Usage example: a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath

Keep is an antonym for mock.

Nearby Words: mockery, mocking, mocked, mocker, mockingly

Common collocations

character keep character mock character
people keep people mock people
team keep team mock team
time keep time mock time
Other words: fact, way, characters, game, hair, anyone, player, humans, friends, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • Webcomic / Dragon Ball Multiverse Same with Nappa, who, while he can't quite keep up with his Super Saiyan comrades either, manages to mock the hell out of Freeza.
  • Tastes Like Purple When Jordanna, a "friend" of Stephanie's from school, begins to mock Klarion, Stephanie forcibly kisses him to keep him from turning Jordanna into a frog.
  • Film / Temptation Island Mock Millionaire - Bambi/Pura throws parties and buys new clothes to keep up appearances; these are not enough to upstage her frequent guest, Suzanne/Serafina.
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