Handle and Shake

Handle

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

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Shake and handle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shake" instead a verb "Handle".

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

Shake verb - To make a series of small irregular or violent movements.

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Handle and shake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Handle" instead a verb "Shake".

Nearby Words: shaky, shaking, shaken, shakedown, shaker

good	good handle	good shake
long	long handle	long shake
better	better handle	better shake
short	short handle	short shake
Other adjectives: obvious, real, large, huge, little, extra.

girl	handle girl	shake girl
idea	handle idea	shake idea
time	handle time	shake time
way	handle way	shake way
Other words: world, money, sword, gun, feelings.

In the end of the episode, Winchester is about to shake the hand of the man who Hawkeye and BJ brought on to handle the episode's A-plot only for them to reveal he's a dentist; Winchester immediately retracts his hand.

Source: Handshake Refusal
Hilarity Ensues: For some reason, one of the swag items advertisting Crysis 2 to the media was the infamous Shake Weight with the game's logo screened onto the handle.

Source: Series / X-Play
In the end of the episode, Winchester is about to shake the hand of the man who Hawkeye and BJ brought on to handle the episode's A-plot only for them to reveal he's a dentist; Winchester immediately retracts his hand, but due to his fear of dentists, not an attempt at being insulting.

Source: Series / M*A*S*H

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