Hold and Stage

Hold

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

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

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Stage verb - To bring before the public in performance or exhibition.

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Hold and stage are semantically related in control topic. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Stage".

Nearby Words: stagy, staged, staging, stager, stagey

full	full hold	full stage
long	long hold	long stage
short	short hold	short stage
original	original hold	original stage
Other adjectives: true, proper, single, exclusive, empty, small, actual, entire, massive, large, big, main, final, last, said, giant.

party	hold party	stage party
fire	hold fire	stage fire
contest	hold contest	stage contest
job	hold job	stage job
Other words: conversation, conference, funeral, times.

Similarly, a lot of Single Play players can't graduate out of 6th Dan due to 7th Dan using THE SAFARI's mash-heavy Hyper chart as its final stage, causing many players to hold onto as much as 90% of their Groove Gauge as they enter that stage and still fail it.

Source: Difficulty Spike
The Cosmic Elevator stage has Mecha Zangief trying desperately to hold on as the stage flies into space... only to fail.

Source: Video Game / Street Fighter X Tekken
Aikatsu Photo on Stage is a mobile game adaptation of Aikatsu.The gameplay is similar to Jubeat, except that in this game the hold notes can be vary in length.

Source: Video Game / Aikatsu Photo On Stage

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