Arm and Hold

Arm

Arm noun - The right or means to command or control others.

Usage example: few criminals manage to permanently escape the long arm of the law

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Hold and arm are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hold" instead the word "Arm" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: armlet, armband, armless

Hold noun - The right or means to command or control others.

Usage example: the government has no hold over where we live and work

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Arm and hold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arm" instead a noun "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

old	old arm	old hold
good	good arm	good hold
original	original arm	original hold
single	single arm	single hold
Other adjectives: small, strong, powerful, actual, entire, massive, large, big, huge, main, dominant, remaining, said, giant, magical.

The Khal merely signals his bodyguards to break his sword arm and hold him down while Drogo pours molten gold on him.

Source: Guns in Church
In the Classic Disney Short "A Knight for a Day", Cedric uses a makeshift lance made from a sword handle and the arm from his suit of armor to hold back Sir Cumference when he brings out his sword.

Source: At Arm's Length
If your arm is empty, you can go into the top left corner, hold up and left, and block all 20-odd missiles which will hit the arm and explode but not do any actual damage do you.

Source: Video Game / Einhänder

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