Keep and Threw

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

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Threw is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

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Keep is an antonym for threw in propel something through the air topic.

The audience only got to see Akane's back and upper hips; the real Akane (trapped in a doll's body) threw herself at Ranma's face to keep him from looking.

Source: Toplessness from the Back
Calvin's mom finds garbage under his bed that he threw down there to "keep the monsters quiet".

Source: Bottom of the Barrel Joke
In fact, he was so determined to keep that money that he actually threw his partner out of the ship first.

Source: Accidental Hero

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