Hold and Make up

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Hold

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
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Make up and hold are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Make up" instead a verb "Hold".
Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Make up

Make up verb - Come to terms.
Usage example: After some discussion we finally made up
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Hold and make up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Make up".

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  • Old Superhero If one does age, they'll usually still able to hold their own, often having their powers or equipment make up the difference.
    Source: Old Superhero
  • Literature / The Mark of the Horse Lord To make up for the loss of Liadhan, the Romans hold Phaedrus hostage for a levy of Dalriad soldiers, to effectively demilitarize the tribe and the frontier (leaving them vulnerable to the Caledones).
    Source: Literature / The Mark of the Horse Lord
  • Fan Fic / Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness Hold Your Hippogriffs: The author (in imitation of Rowling) has an occasional tendency to make up "wizarding" idioms, like "witches' instinct" for "women's intuition".
    Source: Fan Fic / Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness
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