Bid
Tells
Bid and tells are semantically related in communicate topic. Sometimes you can use "Bid" instead a verb "Tells".
Both words in one sentence
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It's not one on one (the Clanners 'bid' a Binary (10 mechs), and the PC answers with an eight mech bid and tells them to bring it) but otherwise plays "pistols at dawn" very straight, taking place at first light on a deserted beach.
Source: Duel to the Death - The Hungarian king, aware of the dissension between the two, tells Genessios that as an ally of the Romans, he will not stand in his way if he makes a bid for the throne.
Source: Fanfic / I Am Skantarios -
Hal tries to defuse the situation, and tells them to shake hands in a bid to get them to make up.
Source: Angry Fist-Shake
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