Encourage and Hook

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Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

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Hook and encourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hook" instead a verb "Encourage".

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Hook verb - To cause to turn away from a straight line.

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Encourage and hook are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Hook".

Nearby Words: hooked, hookup, hooker, hooking, hooky

friend	encourage friend	hook friend
people	encourage people	hook people
audience	encourage audience	hook audience
way	encourage way	hook way
Other words: viewer, reader, viewers, players, girls.

The others encourage Liz to hook up with her, but Liz insists that they're "just friends, like Oprah and Gale".

Source: Mistaken for Gay
Pair the Spares: If you don't romance Olivia or Kate, you can introduce the two to each other and, when Kate displays interest in Olivia, encourage them to hook up.

Source: Video Game / Choice of Games
Con artists in general, once a strong enough hook is put into a mark, will occasionally encourage the mark to speak to their bankers or lawyers about it.

Source: Forbidden Fruit

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