Handle and Plot

Handle

Handle verb - To deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently.

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Plot and handle are semantically related. in scheme topic. In some cases you can use "Plot" instead a verb "Handle".

Nearby Words: hand, handled, handling, handler, handhold

Plot verb - To engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends.

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Handle and plot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Handle" instead a verb "Plot".

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

good	good handle	good plot
long	long handle	long plot
better	better handle	better plot
similar	similar handle	similar plot
Other adjectives: complete, current, small, actual, real, massive, large, big, little, villainous.

Incredibly enough, Hussie (despite his usually terrible memory) can keep track of many of these plot points, so maybe he has a handle on it after all.

Source: Kudzu Plot
Announcing that you'll handle the problem leads to a dungeon that you don't get to play otherwise, but saying you're not sure allows you to recruit a highly plot-relevant character.

Source: Video Game / Chrono Cross
A B plot on an episode of Las Vegas featured a girl celebrating her 21st birthday in the casino and pulling the handle on the slot machine at the stroke of midnight and hitting the jackpot.

Source: Status Quo Game Show

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