Handle and Receive

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

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Receive is an antonym for handle in manage topic.

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

Receive verb - To offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to.

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Handle is an antonym for receive.

power	handle power	receive power
kind	handle kind	receive kind
amount	handle amount	receive amount
number	handle number	receive number
Other words: death, time, money, information, punishment, powers.

Each unit leader can handle each job more or less well; units using a job their leader isn't good at receive a penalty.

Source: Video Game / Exit Fate
Just type the handle of the troper you want to send it to, and they will receive it along with a PM.

Source: Administrivia / The Badge Shop
In one strip, Calvin's parents receive a phone call from a neighbour that Calvin is running in her yard naked and tied to Hobbes (which is actually explained in the strip itself), and Dad asks Mom to handle it, as he was the one who "got the little nudist out of her bird bath".

Source: Noodle Incident / Newspaper Comics

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