Hold
Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
Open up
Open up verb - Cause to open or to become open.
Both terms in one sentence
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They were unable to hold a civil conversation and open up to each other but they were also unable to be apart.
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Missing the fireplace is how Maleficent manages to get a hold of Aurora a second time, too: by enchanting it to open up into a stairwell and hypnotizing her into pricking her finger.
Source: Disney / Sleeping Beauty - The second is to put all your points into hold at the start of the game (only possible for 2 races) and go through the mind numbing process of causing enough love or human misery to open up a portal to heaven where they will likely be attacked by the final boss anyway.
Source: Unwinnable by Design
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