Keep and Turns

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

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Turns is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

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Keep is an antonym for turns in topics: reverse, adapt.

The game alternates between turns during which the larger team keep their eyes shut, allowing the smaller team to communicate in secrecy, and turns during which all players claim they belong to the larger team.

Source: Parlor Games
The prize turns out to be a luxury yacht - which Claphanger decides to keep for himself instead.

Source: Series / At Last The 1948 Show
It turns out that GERTY really was intended to keep Sam from discovering the terrible secret of his place on the station, but it turns out to be an ally for him in the end.

Source: The Computer Is Your Friend

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