Hold and Leaves

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

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Leaves is an antonym for hold.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

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Hold is an antonym for leaves in topics: abandon, give, depart, forget.

She feigns a pregnancy to hold onto Billy, who, upon learning this instead of having a miscarriage, leaves her.

Source: Series / Melrose Place
Once the rebellion get a hold of him they try to reverse the effects but it mostly leaves him confused as to which memories are real and not real.

Source: Fake Memories
Of course, he leaves out the evil things he's done that she hasn't, so it doesn't really hold water.

Source: What Is Evil?

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