Keep and Throw

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

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Throw is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Throw verb - To send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm.

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

Nearby Words: thrown, throwing, thrower

old	old keep	old throw
good	good keep	good throw
usual	usual keep	usual throw
perfect	perfect keep	perfect throw
Other adjectives: complete, regular, original, single, prominent, powerful, big, great, main, major, few, extra.

life	keep life	throw life
people	keep people	throw people
body	keep body	throw body
time	keep time	throw time
Other words: way, world, money, game, head, items, everyone, weapons, enemies.

Leonard (and Ceasar) often flat-out do not transform into their Knight forms until after the Magi throw a similarly sized Rent-a-Zilla out to keep them at bay.

Source: Video Game / White Knight Chronicles
We're talking abut the "vandalize her desk, break and throw a family heirloom in a toilet, keep her from seeing her grandfather when he's suffering a fatal heart attack" kind of bullying.

Source: Asshole Victim / Anime and Manga
Similar to the Archie Comics example, one episode of Kenan & Kel had the two sell one of Kel's paintings for $5 - only for the buyer to throw away the painting and keep the ornate frame.

Source: Kids Prefer Boxes

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