Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Rise
Rise verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
How words are described
| old | old keep | old rise |
| better | better keep | better rise |
| fast | fast keep | fast rise |
| complete | complete keep | complete rise |
| Other adjectives: original, single, small, actual, massive, big, extreme, huge, personal, dramatic. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The comic has the UK surviving nuclear war, the subsequent environmental disaster, and the rise of a totalitarian government, and you still can't keep this trope down.
Source: Violent Glaswegian -
Rise to the Challenge: The bee boss fight has the characters keep hopping up platforms to avoid the rising honey.
Source: Video Game / Cuphead -
Despite the hardships she went through, she tried to keep a sunny disposition and always tried her best to rise up from them.
Source: Don't You Dare Pity Me!
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