Keep up and Ruin

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Keep up verb - To keep in good condition.

Usage example: kept the house up while the owners were gone

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Ruin is an antonym for keep up.

Ruin verb - To cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts.

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Keep up is an antonym for ruin.

Nearby Words: ruined, ruination, ruinous, ruining, ruinously

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