Exercise and Hold

Exercise

Exercise verb - To bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively.

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Hold and exercise are semantically related In some cases you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Exercise".

Nearby Words: exercised, exercising, exerciser, exercizing, exercized

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Exercise and hold are semantically related in use topic. Sometimes you can use "Exercise" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

good	good exercise	good hold
long	long exercise	long hold
true	true exercise	true hold
proper	proper exercise	proper hold
Other adjectives: simple, poor, actual, entire, massive, big, huge, little, interesting, mental, final, last, giant.

Reality Warping Is Not a Toy: As Spike learns a bit too late, the desire to exercise this power takes hold of the pony, and they can't help but use it.

Source: Recap / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S4 E23 "Inspiration Manifestation"
Todoroki and Yaoyorozu hold a very strong mutual respect for each other and after being paired up during a training exercise, help each other work through their issues.

Source: Implied Love Interest
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: As Spike learns a bit too late, the desire to exercise the "Inspiration Manifestation" power takes hold of a pony (in this case Rarity), and they can't help but use it.

Source: Reality Warping Is Not a Toy

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