Appropriate and Hold

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Appropriate

Appropriate verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
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Hold is an antonym for appropriate in allocate topic.
Nearby Words: appropriation, appropriately, appropriateness, appropriated

Hold

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
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Appropriate is an antonym for hold.
Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback
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Common collocations

nothing appropriate nothing hold nothing

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  • Hold Your Hippogriffs: Any time a real-world idiom that references an animal is used, the appropriate Pokemon is substituted.
    Source: Fanfic / Pedestal
  • Wrestling / Rey Mysterio Jr. When they finally met as opponents it was only appropriate Rey would subject Myzteziz to his own famed submission hold.
    Source: Wrestling / Rey Mysterio Jr.
  • Not only can he form fairly realistic (and mood-appropriate) expressions, but he is advanced enough to hold a fairly decent conversation with someone.
    Source: Deceptively Human Robots
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