Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Pour
Pour verb - To give readily and in large quantities.
Usage example: repeatedly poured money into the revitalization of the downtown area
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- As a result thousands of her people begin to pour into Austria's land to flee Russia's wrath and Austria must struggle to keep his promise to Hungary to take care of her people.
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Beware when using it, however: a player defending the keep may pour flaming oil down on you.
Source: Battering Ram -
The coffee continues to pour, and Hocken has to slowly raise his arm to keep it going as the pot empties.
Source: Series / Police Squad!
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Pour and Keep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/pour
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