Commit
Commit verb - To put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another.
Usage example: commit only some power to each official
Hand
Hand verb - To put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another.
Usage example: handed me her bundles while she fished for her house keys
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Both words in one sentence
- On one hand, the Nazis did invade Poland to commit atrocities against its people, but on the other hand they also committed the same horrific acts against the Jews!
Source: Creator / Francis E. Dec -
Similarly, the scene in Flags where Doc sees an unseen horror in a cave runs on from a scene in Letters where some Japanese soldiers commit seppuku with hand grenades.
Source: Film / Letters from Iwo Jima -
Their mother is physically and emotionally abusive (they freaking put their cigarette on their daughter's hand) and is implied to have a hand in forcing their mother/husband to commit suicide.
Source: Film / One Missed Call
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