Handle and Return

Handle

Handle noun - A part by which an implement is held.

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Return and handle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead the word "Handle" as a noun or a verb.

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

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Handle and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Handle" instead the word "Return" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

old	old handle	old return
good	good handle	good return
long	long handle	long return
better	better handle	better return
Other adjectives: actual, real, big, little, possible.

power	handle power	return power
life	handle life	return life
people	handle people	return people
stuff	handle stuff	return stuff
Other words: amount, rest, death, time, way, world, money, sword, gun, feelings, powers.

Title Drop: "Counting to a trillion" is a metaphor in the first two books for something true but outside your ability to handle; also how long it will take Rania to return.

Source: Literature / Count to the Eschaton
American planes are durable and powerful but for the most part handle like flying bricks, whereas Japanese planes are extremely agile but get snapped in half from pretty much any return fire.

Source: Video Game / War Thunder
While Michael could handle taking his finances from his junkie mother, the return of his step-father made him feel threatened (and for good reason, if he was really molested by him).

Source: Child Soldiers

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