Keeping and Setting out

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Keeping noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.

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Setting out is an antonym for keeping.

Nearby Words: keep, keeper

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Keeping is an antonym for setting out in leaving topic.

The first scene of Keeping Mum depicts sweet, polite Rosie Jones setting out on a journey by train - while her large case in the luggage compartment seeps blood.

Source: Dead Man's Chest

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