Aid
Aid verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Handle
Handle verb - To deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently.
How words are described
| better | better aid | better handle |
| fake | fake aid | fake handle |
| legal | legal aid | legal handle |
| actual | actual aid | actual handle |
| Other adjectives: real, massive, little, possible, competent. | ||
Common collocations
| people | aid people | handle people |
| way | aid way | handle way |
| characters | aid characters | handle characters |
| magic | aid magic | handle magic |
Both words in one sentence
- On the other hand, you sometimes come to the aid of cops being attacked by gang members and they handle themselves pretty well.
Source: Police Are Useless / Video Games -
Unskilled in military strategy, he chose to handle running the country to fund the war and provide aid for European countries.
Source: Useful Notes / Woodrow Wilson -
The magazine was used as the handle for the weapon, with a rubber covering over it and a safety lever on the grip meant to keep it in place as the user held and aimed the weapon; conversely, when the user was not using it, the magazine/handle could be removed to aid in concealing it.
Source: Rare Guns
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