Keep and Showcase

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

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Showcase is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Showcase noun - A glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home.

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Keep is an antonym for showcase in effect topic.

Nearby Words: show, showing, showcased, showcasing

Nathan Algren vs Ujio the Kendo Sensei turns out like this early in the film but it's only played for drama and to showcase Algren's will to keep fighting.

Source: Battle in the Rain
This is done to showcase something that's been teased at, raise the stakes, or change the game somehow to keep things more interesting.

Source: Mid-Season Twist
Men Can't Keep House: Bill and Ted's apartment in the second movie is a showcase of this trope.

Source: Film / Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

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