Hold and To retain

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Hold

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
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To retain and hold are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To retain" with "Hold", this terms are similar.
Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

To retain

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Hold and to retain are semantically related. You can use "Hold" instead a verb phrase "To retain".

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  • Suicide Mission In MechWarrior Living Legends Planetary League, planetary defenders with poor stockpiled vehicles could be forced into either a suicide mission to retain their hold on the planet or withdraw and ceding the planet to the attackers.
    Source: Suicide Mission
  • Intellectual Property Religion The First Church of the Orichalcos: Acknowledging one's inner darkness enables one to retain control of it and hold onto their sense of self, whilst remaining in denial over it's existence allows that darkness control over you.
    Source: Intellectual Property Religion
  • This can occasionally be subverted by the network running a spare timeshift channel temporarily in order to retain hold of an EPG position prior to a new channel launching- X League / Pulse did this with three(!) other channels, and Living TV had a +2 for a while, before it became Living HD.
    Source: Timeshift Channel
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