Hold and Submit

Hold

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

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

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Submit verb - To cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control).

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Hold and submit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Submit".

Nearby Words: submission, submitted, submitting

He seemingly broke the curse by instead making Equinox submit to the hold in a rematch.

Source: Wrestling / Chris Hero
He restarted the match and Sting got Hogan to submit to the Scorpion Deathlock (which is the same hold as Bret's "Sharpshooter", and the move that HBK used on Bret when he was "screwed") to win.

Source: Fleeting Demographic Rule aka: Seven Year Rule
Bret Hart by passing out while in Hart's "Sharpshooter" hold, rather than submit.

Source: Determinator / Professional Wrestling

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