Advance
Advance verb - To give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned.
Dam
Dam verb - To prevent passage through by filling with something.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Filler: After Billy and his friends finally reach the hotel on the dam, they spend the next ten minutes driving a speedboat, watching television, and going through various other shenanigans that don't advance the plot at all.
Source: Animation / Animals United -
Defeating them before they do so will yield a mere 2 EXP, and leave you stuck in the Dam, with no way to advance the plot further.
Source: Video Game / Phantasy Star II
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Dam and Advance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/advance/dam
Advance & Dam. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/advance/dam>.
Dam or Advance. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/advance/dam.
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