Answer
Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.
Invoke
Invoke verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Nearby Words: invocation, invoking
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Silent Protagonist: In conversations, silence is nearly always an acceptable answer, allowing the player to invoke this trope if they really want to.
Source: Video Game / The Walking Dead -
But Luffy never manages to get an affirmative answer from the beautiful mermaids as the first mermaid's reply is interrupted by Sanji who wants to invoke this trope, and the second mermaid takes offense to the question and refuses to answer.
Source: Beauty Is Never Tarnished - Many people who answer a phone in an office for the first time and need to transfer the caller invoke this trope after asking them to hold.
Source: I Always Wanted to Say That
Cite this Source
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