Handle and Temper

Handle

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

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

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

Temper verb - Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate.

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Handle and temper are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Handle" instead a verb "Temper".

old	old handle	old temper
good	good handle	good temper
long	long handle	long temper
similar	similar handle	similar temper
Other adjectives: short, sharp, strong, real, massive, big, huge, weird, red, shorter.

One episode of Samurai Jack has Jack lose his temper and briefly fly off the handle.

Source: Hair-Trigger Temper
Fatal Flaw: She's not killed but Darla would have gotten off scot-free in the end of it all if she had kept a handle on that temper of hers and simply let the animals have the spotlight.

Source: Western Animation / Cats Don't Dance
Yet they can handle responbility, speak perfect english, and don't go into temper tantrums that often.

Source: Western Animation / Team Umizoomi

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