Contracted
Contracted adjective - Reduced in size or pulled together.
Took and contracted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Took" instead the word "Contracted" as a noun or a verb.
Took
Contracted and took are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contracted" instead the word "Took" as a noun or a verb.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Terra's amnesia hits especially close because Rachel contracted amnesia as the result of a trip he took her on.
Source: The Dulcinea Effect -
In Criminal Minds, when Reid contracted Anthrax he began coughing up blood when he took a turn for the worse.
Source: Blood from the Mouth -
Steve Jobs makes the "GUI" [gooey] that Bill Gates's wife "uses." Freddie Mercury acknowledges that he "took one for both teams" when he contracted AIDS.
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