Choose
Choose verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Hold on to and choose are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hold on to" instead a verb "Choose".
Hold on to
Choose and hold on to are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Choose" instead a verb "Hold on to".
Both terms in one sentence
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He refused to help the other Eastern Bloc governments hold on to power, establishing the so-called "Sinatra Doctrine" (after "My Way"): each socialist country was now free to choose its future.
Source: Useful Notes / Mikhail Gorbachev -
The objects that some Players choose to hold on to in order to produce some form of solidarity are referred to as The Pieces of Eight.
Source: Blog / Crucible - The other loophole was for the opposing player to catch the card in the air then either hold on to it (thus it never landed), or drop it on any card they choose.
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