Clasp
Clasp verb - To put one's arms around and press tightly.
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Common collocations
| hands | clasp hands | keep hands |
Both words in one sentence
- Hair Decorations: Janie almost always sports kirby grips or a clasp to keep her hair out of her face.
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Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive: Wanda teaches Lacey on when to use "schemey fingers." In "Seeing Things", Brent tells Wanda that he's going to get contact lenses to keep Lacey from finding out that he was afraid to have laser eye surgery:Brent: It's so crazy it just might work.
Source: Series / Corner Gas - Clap Your Hands If You Believe: "A powerful enough metaphor grows its own truth." Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive: Subverted in Heroes Die, where Kollberg does this to try and keep calm while talking to the Board of Governors rather than trying to be cunning.
Source: Literature / The Acts of Caine
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