Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Turn over
Turn over verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.
Usage example: reluctantly turned the ship over to the first mate while he went below to try to stop the leak
Both terms in one sentence
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That governor has three duties: Pay your tithes to the upkeep of the Imperium, turn over any psykers to the black ships, and keep your world from rebelling.
Source: Feudal Future -
Afterward, he helps (quixotically) tries to help her gambit to keep her job at Cheesy Beard's, gets Codex a new computer after her season long attempt to fix her old one, and stands up to his mother while simultaneously giving her a chance to turn over a new leaf.
Source: Web Video / The Guild - The idiom "turn over a new leaf, and keep it turned" became "pick a fresh leaf, and hold it in your hand." Tolkien, being a Cunning Linguist, wrote to the publisher and sent a blistering blow-by-blow criticism of Ohlmarks' translation, which can be found in The Letters of J.
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