Defend
Press
Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The other crooks all press him to defend his decision and he is eventually shamed into tipping, but the actual waitress is never even seen.
Source: Service Sector Stereotypes -
Only Friend: Critic might hang around with other people more, but Chester is the only one who shows up to defend him in the James and the Giant Peach press conference.
Source: Web Video / Bum Reviews -
Press X to Not Die: Multiple situations have Galahad pinned down by an enemy while attempting to retrieve a weapon to defend himself, and if the player doesn't press a button fast enough, he will be killed.
Source: Video Game / The Order: 1886
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