Drop off
Drop off verb - To grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually.
Take
Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- The Slender Man's scariness would quickly drop off as the game goes on if you were just allowed to take a good look at him - but your looking at him is how he kills you.
Source: Nothing Is Scarier / Video Games -
They take pictures, then drop off their waste products and blast off.
Source: Useful Notes / Venus - There are two story arcs with vastly different events (although they lead to mostly the same conclusion) and which one you take depends entirely on a mundane choice in the beginning of the game to go with your partner to do a drop off.
Source: For Want Of A Nail / Video Games
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