Hold and Pair

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

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

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Pair verb - Arrange in pairs.

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Hold and pair are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Pair".

Nearby Words: paired, pairing

old	old hold	old pair
good	good hold	good pair
long	long hold	long pair
better	better hold	better pair
Other adjectives: short, tight, original, single, simple, small, powerful, actual, massive, large, big, huge, main, former, final, additional, last, giant, magical, favorite, losing.

Twin Blades in Dot Hack GU, as well as the original four games, always usually hold their blades like this; Sora from .hack//SIGN averts this standard by using a pair of katars.

Source: Reverse Grip
The pair go into the final battle only for one of Ganondorf's minions to grab her from behind and hold a knife to her throat to get leverage over Link.

Source: Chickification
Dual Wielding: The first game to have a set of weapons that you can randomly pair with other designated one-handed weapons.Dunkey: It's called "Halo 2" because you can hold two guns instead of one.

Source: Video Game / Halo 2

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