Keep and Put

Keep

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

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Put and keep are semantically related. in store topic. In some cases you can use "Put" instead a verb "Keep", when it comes to topics like hold.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Put verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.

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Keep and put are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Put".

Nearby Words: putting, putted

life	keep life	put life
people	keep people	put people
family	keep family	put family
name	keep name	put name
Other words: time, way, face, characters, world, money, distance, head, everyone, hands.

His butler is always there to make him put or keep them on.

Source: Film / Lincoln
Should you keep and put Lewis's boxers on display during the Stardew Valley Fair in autumn, Lewis will get mad (but also bribe you to keep quiet about it with 750 Star Points), and Marnie will comment on the "strange-looking purple cabbage" you put on display before realizing what it really was.

Source: Videogame / Stardew Valley
This doubly frustrates the shop owner: He has to stay put and keep his shop in business (changing it with the times), and his customer stubbornly refuses to learn the obvious Aesop about the futility of unnaturally prolonged life.

Source: The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday

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