Acquire and Hold

Acquire

Acquire verb - To come to have gradually.

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Hold and acquire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Acquire".

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Acquire and hold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acquire" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

power	acquire power	hold power
job	acquire job	hold job
body	acquire body	hold body
amount	acquire amount	hold amount
Other words: number, piece, key, weapon, knife, items, sword, gun, weapons.

It is seemingly inevitable, which is why Shion is trying to acquire Claudia's Premiere Seed, in an effort to hold off the disease.

Source: Manga / Crimson Shell
It's a rare ability, but if you can acquire it, hold on to it as much as you can.

Source: Game Breaker / Kirby
Dan Brown's Deception Point sees a protagonist acquire a machine gun from the assassins out to kill him, after incapacitating two of them, and uses it to hold the NRO's Director at gunpoint.

Source: Not with the Safety on, You Won't

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