Keep and Tell

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Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
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Tell is an antonym for keep.
Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Tell

Tell verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.
Usage example: told us to sit still and wait
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Synonyms for Tell
Antonyms for Tell
Keep is an antonym for tell in communicate topic.
Nearby Words: telling, teller
Similar words of keep

Similar words of tell

Common collocations

people keep people tell people
family keep family tell family
name keep name tell name
time keep time tell time
Other words: way, world, story, secret, anyone, everyone, friends, secrets.

Both words in one sentence

  • So instead of standing there bellyaching all day, just tell us, are you gonna keep playing it safe...
    Source: The Reason You Suck Speech / Web Original
  • Averted in Scrubs; Carla usually can't keep secrets, but when Eliot loses her job at another hospital, she manages not to tell Turk and J.D.
    Source: Cannot Keep a Secret
  • Film / Secretariat Berserk Button: Do not tell Penny Chenery to keep her nose out of racing because it's "none of [her] business," and don't tell her to Stay in the Kitchen.
    Source: Film / Secretariat
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