Hold and Toss

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Hold

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
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Toss is an antonym for hold.
Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Toss

Toss verb - To get rid of as useless or unwanted.
Usage example: we need to go through the basement and toss whatever we don't use
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Synonyms for Toss
Antonyms for Toss
Hold is an antonym for toss.
Nearby Words: tossed, tossing
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How words are described

old old hold old toss
good good hold good toss
full full hold full toss
best best hold best toss
Other adjectives: short, single, brutal, simple, poor, strong, actual, former, final, last.

Common collocations

people hold people toss people
body hold body toss body
time hold time toss time
way hold way toss way
Other words: head, weapon, ball, items, sword, gun, objects, weapons.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Tom Yum Goong Unskilled, but Strong: The giant wrestlers are Kham biggest challenge even though they just toss him around, but when the people who can toss around a baby elephant get a hold of you it's gonna hurt.
    Source: Film / Tom Yum Goong
  • Save the Villain Early drafts of The Lion King had Simba toss Scar over Pride Rock, only for Scar to grab hold of the cliff and beg Simba to save him.
    Source: Save the Villain
  • You can stand right next to the oven, hold the gangster right next to it... but as long as you don't actually toss him in, he won't take damage.
    Source: Convection Schmonvection / Video Games
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