Keep and Want

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

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Want is an antonym for keep in hold topic.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Want verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.

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Keep is an antonym for want.

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

sweet	sweet keep	sweet want
old	old keep	old want
good	good keep	good want
best	best keep	best want
Other adjectives: complete, original, straight, powerful, actual, big, extreme, great, important, personal, ruthless, unknown.

power	keep power	want power
baby	keep baby	want baby
people	keep people	want people
job	keep job	want job
Other words: peace, name, relationship, time, way, world, money, game, head, anyone, kids, friends, powers.

Or you can beat them all up instead if you want and keep said misunderstanding going.

Source: Video Game / Akiba's Trip
Other cars, especially the green Mustang with which Cannonball Buckman continues the race, can crash as much as they want and keep healing themselves unless the plot requires otherwise.

Source: Watch the Paint Job
You likely have to flatter, bribe, threaten, or murder an awful lot of people in order to get what you want and keep others from getting their hands on your stuff.

Source: Video Game / Crusader Kings

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