Admit and Held

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Admit verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

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Held is a synonym for admit. In some cases you can replace term "Held" with "Admit", this verbs are similar.

Held adjective - Occupied or in the control of; often used in combination.

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Admit is a synonym for held. Sometimes you can use "Admit" instead a verb "Held".

So he stays in the Home Guard instead - except that he doesn't admit to this until after the platoon has held a fish-and-chip supper in his honour.

Source: Series / Dad's Army
Only after they've held a wedding ceremony does she admit that she figured out the truth early on and kept stringing them along mostly in the hopes that they'd fall in love for real.

Source: Pull the Thread
They're held without food for days and interrogated on their journey before they eventually crack and admit why they've come.

Source: Literature / The Tripods

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