Cause and Take

Cause

Cause verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Take and cause are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

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Cause and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

sympathetic	sympathetic cause	sympathetic take
good	good cause	good take
clear	clear cause	clear take
exact	exact cause	exact take
Other adjectives: usual, direct, original, true, single, obvious, actual, real, big, great, serious, huge, little, bad, new, major, different, realistic.

Moves that forced switching in the main games like Roar and Whirlwind instead send their victims flying away in a straight line, and they'll take and cause a tiny amount of damage if they collide with another Pokemon.

Source: Grievous Harm with a Body
Interestingly, several editions ago it was a valid tactic in the tabletop game as well, although mainly the Fantasy line: units would both take and cause damage when something fell on them, particularly if they dropped or crashed from Flying High.

Source: Goomba Stomp
It's done once again in the Genre Shifted remake, SD Snatcher, where a certain robot will take an NPC woman hostage, and hitting the woman will cause Gillian to take damage.

Source: Hostage Spirit Link

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