Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Turned back is an antonym for keep.
Turned back
Keep is an antonym for turned back in topics: respond, turn upside down or backwards, return to an earlier.
Both terms in one sentence
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It was turned back around on him most entertainingly in Dissidia: Final Fantasy when Zidane knocks him down to keep him from attacking Squall.
Source: Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon - Later turned back against Earth Alliance when Branmer manage to keep most of Earth's main force from chasing his fleet attacking Earth itself when he destroys their fuel stockpiles after tricking them into using most of their onboard fuel in a running battle.
Source: Easy Logistics -
In The Legend of Korra, professional competitive firebender Mako doesn't care about glory, fame, the art of bending, or anything else - he just wants the cash prize that comes with winning the league, to keep himself and his younger brother Bolin from getting turned back out on the streets.
Source: Only in It for the Money
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