Draws and Holds

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Holds and draws are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Holds" instead a noun "Draws".

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Draws and holds are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Draws" instead a noun "Holds".

Similarly subverted for comic effect in Mel Brooks' movie Blazing Saddles: When the entire town of Rock Ridge draws its guns on Bart, he draws his own gun, holds it to his head, and plays both the hostage and the hostage-taker using two different voices.

Source: Hostage Situation
Sometimes the military listens to Bleu's warnings and holds their fire, but other times they cluelessly shoot at the monsters, which merely draws their attention and gets the shooter(s) obliterated.

Source: Shooting Superman
Villain example: In Juuken Sentai Gekiranger, Mele is driven by and draws strength from the love she holds for Rio, the main villain.

Source: The Power of Love

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