Control and Follow

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Control verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

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Follow is an antonym for control in have charge of topic.

Follow verb - To come after in time.

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Control is an antonym for follow.

Nearby Words: following, follower, followed

character	control character	follow character
life	control life	follow life
people	control people	follow people
group	control group	follow group
Other words: form, time, way, characters, car, dreams.

Granted, most of the memories that drove them to follow him were fake, but they still believed they were real when under his control.

Source: More Than Mind Control
Follow the Leader: The 3D Football games are similar to Madden, while Skateboarding copied the gameplay of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, right down to the control scheme.

Source: Video Game / Backyard Sports
At predetermined points of the story, various characters follow him around but you can neither control, nor equip them in any way.

Source: Player Character Calculus

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