Keep and Pencil

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

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Pencil is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Pencil verb - Write, draw, or trace with a pencil.

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Keep is an antonym for pencil in put language down on paper topic.

Nearby Words: penciled, pencilled, penciling

complete	complete keep	complete pencil
single	single keep	single pencil
small	small keep	small pencil
actual	actual keep	actual pencil
Other adjectives: big, black, magic.

In the DCU series 52, every issue had pencil layouts done by one artist, Keith Giffen, in order to keep this trope to a minimum.

Source: Depending on the Artist
Unusual Euphemism: Frank uses one of these when delivering his lecture to Jack about the no Noid-Doodle sex law:Frank: You keep your pencil in your pocket.

Source: Film / Cool World
Keep in mind that this scene was original to the movie, as the character's counterpart in the novel was simply stabbed in the throat with a pencil, so giving a final speech would be a little more difficult for him.

Source: Final Speech

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