Bind
Bind verb - To confine or restrain with or as if with chains.
Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Groin Attack: A knee or foot to your opponent's groin can really debilitate them if they're so concentrated on the bind between the swords that they leave themselves open below; George Silver refered to it as "striking with the foote or knee in the Coddes".
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Open and Bind. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bind/open
Bind & Open. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bind/open>.
Open or Bind. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bind/open.
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