Exit and Hold

Exit

Exit verb - To leave a place often for another.

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

Nearby Words: exited, exiting

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

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Exit and hold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exit" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

best	best exit	best hold
original	original exit	original hold
true	true exit	true hold
proper	proper exit	proper hold
Other adjectives: single, actual, large, big, huge, little, main, famous, final, last.

body	exit body	hold body
place	exit place	hold place
way	exit way	hold way
office	exit office	hold office
Other words: world, head, key, water, times.

Due to their extradimensional nature and the branching pattern they formed (each hole contained several additional holes) the city was able to hold hundreds of thousands of people and yet all of them were within easy walking distance of the single main exit.

Source: Clown Car Base
Then there's "A Quiet Exit", in which you rescue Quiet from a Soviet outpost and are forced to Hold the Line with her against the entire gathered forces of the Soviet Army's tank battalion.

Source: Player Punch / Stealth-Based Games
Catch Phrase: In his line of work, Nash often gets to utter an exit dialogue phrase "Hold that thought", and whenever he's the one about to handcuff or at least offer to handcuff a baddie there's a high probability of hearing "Slip into these".

Source: Series / Nash Bridges

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