Related Words for take hold

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hold
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
take charge
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Phrase, Adjective, Verb
let go of
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Phrase, Verb
release
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Verb, Noun, Verb
grasp
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Noun
get hold of
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Phrase, Verb
seize on
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Phrase, Verb
apprehend
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Verb
have a handle on
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Phrase, Verb
latch on
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Phrase, Verb
seize upon
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Phrase, Verb
pick up
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Phrase, Verb
keep
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Verb
hold to
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Phrase, Verb
occupy
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Verb
hold down
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Phrase, Verb
take over
//x
Phrase, Verb
obtain
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Verb
get a hold of
/x//
Phrase, Verb
get a handle on
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
take up
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
take root
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Phrase, Verb
take on
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Phrase, Verb
take to
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Phrase, Verb
take
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Verb
gather
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Verb
possess
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Verb
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
take for
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Phrase, Verb
embrace
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Noun
carry
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Verb
have
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Verb
hold the reins
/x/
Phrase, Verb
comprise
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Verb
uphold
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Verb
hold together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
contain
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Verb
engage
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Verb
reach for
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Phrase, Verb
comprehend
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Verb
understand
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Verb
take up with
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Phrase, Verb
command
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Noun
retain
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Verb
hold up
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Phrase, Verb
behold
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Verb
have it
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Phrase, Verb
take a seat
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Phrase, Verb
set in
/x
Phrase, Verb
handle
/x
Noun
secure
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Adjective
wield
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Verb
mark
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Noun
captivate
/xx
Verb
hold hands
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Phrase, Verb
conquer
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Verb
absorb
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Verb
sense
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Noun
hang together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
claim
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Noun
gain
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Noun
capitalize
/xxx
Verb
have a seat
/x/
Phrase, Verb
keep to
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Phrase, Verb
catch on
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Phrase, Verb
reach
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Noun
position
x/x
Noun
get into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
come up with
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Phrase, Verb
attend
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Verb
cherish
/x
Verb
come under
//x
Phrase, Verb
pull together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
poise
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Noun
hold forth
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Phrase, Verb
take a liking to
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Phrase, Verb
acquire
x/x
Verb
control
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Noun
stake a claim
/x/
Phrase, Verb
assume
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Verb
clinch
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Noun
hang in
/x
Phrase, Verb
attend to
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Phrase, Verb
stand
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Noun
take up for
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Phrase, Verb
reckon with
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Phrase, Verb
insist
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Verb
see to
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Phrase, Verb
reserve
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Noun
tap into
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Phrase, Verb
value
/x
Noun
hold firm
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Phrase, Verb
give
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Verb
stick with
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Phrase, Verb
take advantage of
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Phrase, Verb
know
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Verb
hold out
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
involve
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Verb
rest on
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Phrase, Verb
sit on
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Phrase, Verb
cling to
/x
Phrase, Verb
purchase
/x
Noun
kindle
/x
Verb
make something of
//x/
Phrase, Verb
inherit
x/x
Verb
embark
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Verb
inhabit
x/x
Verb
come on to
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Phrase, Verb
sustain
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Verb
seize
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Verb
come to pass
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Phrase, Verb
start off
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Phrase, Verb
manage
/x
Verb
deal with
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Phrase, Verb
gain on
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Phrase, Verb
gain ground
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Phrase, Verb
capture
/x
Noun
make
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Verb
support
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Noun
attach
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Verb
cling
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Verb
get at
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Phrase, Verb
intend
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Verb
pin down
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Phrase, Verb
come in
/x
Phrase, Verb
fasten
/x
Verb
garner
/x
Name
stay
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Verb
take up arms
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Phrase, Verb
meet
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Verb
take place
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Phrase, Verb
index
/x
Noun
enter into
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
weigh
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Verb
possession
x/x
Noun
harbor
/x
Noun
hand on
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Phrase, Verb
wait for
/x
Phrase, Verb
hand
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Noun
enter
/x
Verb
subsist
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Verb
stand in
/x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
abduct
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Verb
abeyance
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Noun
abide
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Verb
abstain
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Verb
abstract
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Adjective, Name, Verb
accept
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Verb, Adjective
accommodate
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Verb, Adjective
accompany
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Verb
accomplish
x/x
Verb
achieve
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Verb
acknowledge
x/x
Verb
acquit
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Verb
act
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
add
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Verb, Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adhere
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Verb
admit
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Verb
adopt
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Verb
adoption
x/x
Noun
adversarial
xx/xx
Adjective
affect
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Verb, Noun
afford
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Verb
agonistic
/x/x
Adjective
agree
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Verb
aim
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Noun, Verb
ake
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
allow
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Verb
annex
/x
Noun, Verb
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
apply
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Verb, Adjective
appreciation
xxx/x
Noun
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
approve
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Verb
are
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Noun
argue
/x
Verb, Noun
arise
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Verb, Noun
arm
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
arrange
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Verb, Noun
arrest
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Noun, Verb
arrive
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Verb
article
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Noun, Verb
ask
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Verb, Noun
aspirate
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
assert
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Verb, Noun
assign
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Verb, Noun
attention
x/x
Noun
audit
/x
Noun, Verb
avail
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
await
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Verb, Noun
away
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb
bag
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Noun, Verb
bail out
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Phrase, Verb
balance
/x
Noun, Verb
bale out
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Phrase, Verb
bate
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Noun, Verb
be
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
beacon
/x
Noun, Verb
bear
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
beat
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
become
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Verb
begin
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Verb, Noun
behave
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Verb
believe
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Verb
ben
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Name, Adverb, Adjective
benefit
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Noun, Verb
bilge
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Noun, Verb
bin
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Noun, Verb
bind
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Noun, Verb
block
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Noun, Verb
bone
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
book
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Noun, Verb
booze
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Noun, Verb
borrow
/x
Verb, Noun
brace
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Noun, Verb
bracket
/x
Noun, Verb
brave
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
break
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Verb, Noun
breathe
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Verb
brig
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Noun, Verb
bring
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Verb
bring back
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Phrase, Verb
broomstick
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Noun, Verb
brush
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Noun, Verb
build
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Verb, Noun
bunker
/x
Noun, Verb
buoy
/x
Noun, Verb
bur
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Noun
burl
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Noun, Verb
burr
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Name, Verb
businesslike
/xx
Adjective
buy
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Verb, Noun
call
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Verb, Noun
call for
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Phrase, Verb
call in
/x
Phrase, Verb
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
care
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Noun, Verb
cash
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
cast
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
cast off
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Phrase, Verb
catch
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Verb, Noun
cause
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Noun, Verb
celebrate
/xx
Verb
certify
/xx
Verb
channel
/x
Noun, Verb
charge
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Noun, Verb
charter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
check
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
chip away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
chock
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
choose
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Verb, Noun
church
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Noun, Verb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
cite
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Verb, Noun
clamp
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Noun, Verb
clasp
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Noun, Verb
clean
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Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
clear
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clear away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
clear off
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Phrase, Verb
clear up
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Phrase, Verb
clench
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Noun, Verb
close
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
clutch
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
collect
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Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
collegial
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Adjective
come
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Verb, Noun
commemorate
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Verb
commence
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Verb
commit
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Verb, Noun
compare
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Verb, Noun
compel
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Verb
complete
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
complicate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
comply
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Verb
comport
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Verb, Noun
con
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Noun, Verb
conclude
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Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
conduct
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Noun, Verb
confine
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Verb, Noun
confiscate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
conflictual
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Adjective
confrontational
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Adjective
conserve
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Verb, Noun
consider
x/x
Verb
consolation
xx/x
Noun
constructive
x/x
Adjective
consume
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Verb
contemplate
/xx
Verb
contend
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Verb
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contribute
x/x
Verb
convene
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Verb
convey
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Verb
cooperative
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
cope
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Verb, Noun
cost
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Noun, Verb
counteract
/xx
Verb, Noun
counting
/x
Noun
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
cream
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Noun, Adjective, Verb