Kept and Turned

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Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.

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Turned is an antonym for kept.

Turned adjective - Moved around an axis or center.

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Kept is an antonym for turned.

Nearby Words: turn, turning, turner

JB kept trying to get him into MLB, but little technicalities kept tripping them up until Manoj turned eighteen and was too old to compete.

Source: Film / Million Dollar Arm
If Fantina hadn't been there, he might not only have kept the Flame Plate but replaced Shivhel as their primary enemy at the moment and turned Dusty Ditch into Muspelheim instead of Niflheim.

Source: Fan Fic / Brave New World
Once took a Texan to a wedding... He kept forgetting, his loneliness led him His thoughts turned to home and we turned.

Source: Runaway Bride

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