Hold and Secure

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

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Secure is a synonym for hold in give topic. In some cases you can use "Secure" instead a verb "Hold", when it comes to topics like grasp.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Secure verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Hold is a synonym for secure in give topic. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Secure".

Nearby Words: security, secured, securing, securely

power	hold power	secure power
job	hold job	secure job
position	hold position	secure position
body	hold body	secure body
Other words: peace, place, piece, title, positions.

Later, when he takes Winterfell, he thinks that, if she weren't in King's Landing, he might have forced her to marry him to secure his hold on the castle.

Source: Not Blood Siblings aka: Not Blood Related
Old Shame: In-Universe, President Allen gets hold of an old tape from 1965 of Templeton advocating segregation in order to secure election in the South.

Source: Series / Commander In Chief
Payne destroys the emergency brakes with bombs, then it turns out the crane Jack and Harry hooked to the car to secure it couldn't hold the weight either.

Source: Failsafe Failure

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