Keep and Shake out

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

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Shake out is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Shake out verb - To come to be.

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Keep is an antonym for shake out in topics: spread out, rid of.

How this will shake out remains to be seen, but the Aesop seems to be that all dictatorships, even benevolent ones, only last as long as they have a strong leader to keep everyone in line.

Source: The Extremist Was Right

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