The term "keeps on hand" generally implies that someone has a particular item or items available for immediate use or access. Some antonyms of this phrase include "disposes of", "removes", "relinquishes", "clears out", "abolishes", "eliminates", "discards" and "rids". These words indicate that the item or items are no longer available or have been purposely gotten rid of. By contrast, antonyms like "lacks", "deprives", "loses", "needs", "depletes" and "exhausts" suggest a state of scarcity, suggesting that the person no longer has the item with them or is running low on it.