Commit
Hold
Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Nerio Winch: So you'll find along the way plenty of people willing to commit crimes to get hold of what I've left you.
Source: Thanatos Gambit -
Clear My Name: Alex gets framed for a crime she didn't commit and was thrown in a womens' prison where many of the inmates hold a grudge against her.
Source: Series / Walker, Texas Ranger - Snakes bite, bears maul, poisons kill, babies scream, sociopaths torture, and Nazis commit genocide; but those are their natures, so we should not hold it against them.
Source: Appeal to Inherent Nature
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Hold and Commit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/commit/hold
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Hold or Commit. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/commit/hold.
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