Acquire and Engage

Acquire

Acquire verb - To come to have gradually.

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Engage and acquire are semantically related in get topic. In some cases you can use "Engage" instead a verb "Acquire".

Engage verb - Engage for service under a term of contract.

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Acquire and engage are semantically related in get topic. Sometimes you can use "Acquire" instead a verb "Engage".

Nearby Words: engagement, engaging, engagingly

unit	acquire unit	engage unit
number	acquire number	engage number
gear	acquire gear	engage gear
weapon	acquire weapon	engage weapon
Other words: skills, powers, guns, ships, targets.

Radar wants to get him a whole case, so he, Hawkeye and BJ engage in a load of horse-trading and just plain grief to acquire it.

Source: All for Nothing
Enraged at their defeat, they do not engage the heroes face to face themselves, but use their financial means to acquire the toughest specialists money can buy, to settle the score.

Source: Bringing in the Expert
The MythBusters themselves engage this trope when they acquire a car (for doing car myths, naturally) and name it "Earl," named just because it seemed like an appropriate name for a large, black Cadillac.

Source: I Call It "Vera"

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