Keep and Run

Keep

Keep verb - To look after and make decisions about.
Usage example: enlisted a relative to keep the store while she was away

Run is a synonym for keep in manage topic. In some cases you can use "Run" instead a verb "Keep", when it comes to topics like tend.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Run

Run verb - To look after and make decisions about.
Usage example: learning to run the family business

Keep is a synonym for run in manage topic. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Run", if it concerns topics such as drive, maintain.

Nearby Word: running

How words are described

old old keep old run
good good keep good run
full full keep full run
clear clear keep clear run
Other adjectives: better, normal, typical, short, fast, regular, original, straight, single, small, actual, big, great, main, longest.

Common collocations

life keep life run life
people keep people run people
control keep control run control
company keep company run company
Other words: show, house, way, world, money, game, story, distance, head, ship, hands, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Sherlock Holmes Alternate Universe: Technically, the series is this as they decided to leave Mary Morstan Watson completely out of the Adventures run and keep Watson a bachelor.
  • Initiation Ceremony Some turn and run and keep running (like The Doctor) while others go mad (like The Master).
  • Screaming Birth In the long run, both Hibiki and Duelo lose it during the birth, but Dita and Magno manage to keep it together and deliver the baby.
Cite this Source
Run and Keep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/run
Keep & Run. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/run>.
Run or Keep. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/run.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "keep" and "run" have occurred on timeline