Hold and Set

Hold

Hold verb - To point or turn (something) toward a target or goal.

Usage example: held a gun on the store clerk and ordered him to empty the till

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Set and hold are semantically related in adjust topic. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Set verb - To point or turn (something) toward a target or goal.

Usage example: determined to see the West, she set her car towards the sun and drove off

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Hold and set are semantically related in adjust topic. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

old	old hold	old set
good	good hold	good set
full	full hold	full set
best	best hold	best set
Other adjectives: long, better, short, complex, complete, original, single, simple, small, powerful, actual, entire, massive, large, big, huge, main, famous, final, bizarre, last, giant.

Blade starts to become a second demogorge when he takes a page out of the Dark Hold and set out to kill everything related to magic in the Marvel Universe.

Source: Comicbook / Blade
Somewhat subverted in that the Normandy will arrive the moment you run out of ammunition instead of having to hold out for a set time.

Source: Hold the Line
So In the Groove has some harder songs that end on a similar looking hold jump, only to have a set of mines at the very end right after the hold ends.

Source: Kaizo Trap

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