Give
Give verb - To make a present of.
Hold onto
Both terms in one sentence
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The wings of Tanabi supposedly give you flight, but actually fly on their own and you have to hold onto it.
Source: Not Quite Flight -
However, this meant AJW had the same problem as many other wrestling promotions: the veterans wanted to hold onto their spots at the top of the card, and they weren't willing to give them up to newer wrestlers.
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Subverted in another incident in the same game/s, where one trainer in Cianwood City who gives you a Shuckle to hold onto temporarily will not keep on asking for it back if you refuse to give it back to him.
Source: But Thou Must!
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Hold onto and Give. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/give/hold_onto
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