Keep and Tells

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

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Tells is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

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Keep is an antonym for tells in communicate topic.

Instead, he gives it back to her and with a Longing Look and tells her to keep it as souvenir.

Source: Film / The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Haymitch promises Katniss that he'll keep Peeta alive and also tells Peeta that he'll keep Katniss alive.

Source: Literature / The Hunger Games
Aborted Arc: At the beginning of the train trip, Sweet Sue tells Beinstock that she thinks there's "something funny about those new girls" and he tells her he'll keep an eye on them.

Source: Film / Some Like It Hot

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