Keep and Wring

Keep

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

Wring and keep are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wring" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Wring

Wring verb - To get (as money) by the use of force or threats.

Keep and wring are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Wring".

Nearby Words: wringing, wringer

Common collocations

power keep power wring power
characters keep characters wring characters
money keep money wring money
information keep information wring information
Other words: hands.

Both words in one sentence

  • Cash Cow Franchise Decade's portion of Movie War 2010 had some very thinly veiled dialogue that rather blatantly means "we're going to keep crossing over with things as long as the network can wring money off us".
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