Gain and Retrieve

Gain

Gain verb - To gradually increase in.

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Retrieve and gain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Retrieve" instead a verb "Gain".

Nearby Words: gained, gaining, gainful, gainer

Retrieve verb - To get again in one's possession.

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Gain and retrieve are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gain" instead a verb "Retrieve".

soul	gain soul	retrieve soul
time	gain time	retrieve time
way	gain way	retrieve way
money	gain money	retrieve money
Other words: information, items, weapons, memories.

Most anytime one side aims to seek a gain, whether an item to retrieve or person to kill, the other side will respond in force to stop this gain.

Source: Balance Between Good and Evil
Indeed, the plot of the movie revolves around him attempting to retrieve his cross in order to gain that immunity.

Source: Our Vampires Are Different / Film
He will do anything to gain the same power that his father Sparda once had, even if that means opening the demon world (read: "undo daddy's little spell") in order to retrieve Sparda's old sword.

Source: Byronic Hero

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