Apply
Apply verb - To have a relation or connection.
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Both words in one sentence
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In at least one case (like this one) the medicine was also one given to humans (fluoxotine— yes, the cat was on Prozac), and the pharmacists may just reflexively slap the standard warning labels on even if they don't apply to animal patients.
Source: Side-Effects Include... -
Ironically subverted by Fanon though, considering he gives his Hot-Blooded commander a Bright Slap once, leading many to apply Memetic Mutation and refer to him as the Original Generation Bright Noah.
Source: Ridiculously Average Guy
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Slap and Apply. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/slap
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Slap or Apply. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/slap.
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