American Sign Language: "keep"

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KEEP:
[Use a single motion.  The right hand moves to the left hand.  The left hand is held slightly out from the body and remains mostly stationary.]  However...if I'm telling someone to "keep it" I tend to move the whole sign in his or her direction as I whack the two "K" hands together.  If I'm talking about myself keeping it then I do the sign close by my body.