Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Pull the trigger is an antonym for keep.
Pull the trigger
Keep is an antonym for pull the trigger in discharge a projectile topic.
Both terms in one sentence
- Nora jumps on him to keep him from being able to pull the trigger, but when the Lieutenant picks it up he says 'Nick, this gun isn't loaded!
Source: It Works Better with Bullets -
Silverfox makes Colonel Stryker put the muzzle of his revolver with One Bullet Left under his chin, but doesn't make him pull the trigger, instead telling him to walk away until his feet bleed and then keep walking.
Source: Film / X-Men Origins: Wolverine -
If you decide to not pull the trigger he'll keep backing up, turn, and leap off the edge of the building.
Source: Better to Die than Be Killed
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