Keep and Rid

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

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Rid is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Rid verb - To set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers.

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Keep is an antonym for rid in free topic.

humanity	keep humanity	rid humanity
power	keep power	rid power
people	keep people	rid people
body	keep body	rid body
Other words: family, control, house, time, way, world, money, game, hair, head, everyone, powers.

Serial Escalation: The dams keep getting bigger, and Bugs schemes to get rid of them keep getting wackier.

Source: Western Animation / Wet Hare
Despite Bluto's failed attempts to get rid of Popeye and keep the whole treasure to himself, Popeye still allowed Bluto to keep his half.

Source: I Gave My Word
For a while he still had them, couldn't get rid of them safely, and so had to take a drug every day to keep them from growing that would not work forever (perhaps a protease inhibitor metaphor).

Source: Face Full of Alien Wing-Wong

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