Hold and Knock

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Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Knock and hold are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knock" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Knock verb - To come into usually forceful contact with something.

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Hold and knock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Knock".

Nearby Words: knocked, knockout, knockdown, knocking, knocker

high	high hold	high knock
best	best hold	best knock
short	short hold	short knock
single	single hold	single knock
Other adjectives: simple, small, strong, actual, big, huge, little.

party	hold party	knock party
people	hold people	knock people
body	hold body	knock body
number	hold number	knock number
Other words: time, head, door, weapon, ball, items, sword, gun, times, weapons.

In The Once and Future King, a character spends at least a paragraph hating on ornate armour, stating that the designs just make it easier for a lance to get a good hold and knock you off your horse.

Source: Scary Impractical Armor
This enchanted baseball bat can knock the enemies flying, sometimes gibbing them in the process, and if you hold down the fire button for a while, it unleashes a wave of deadly baseballs

Source: Batter Up
This, of course, comes after he jokingly offers to "hold him" when Kirk threatens to knock him on his ass.

Source: Film / Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

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