Hold and Turn back

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Hold

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

Turn back

Turn back verb - To drive back.
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Hold is an antonym for turn back in turn upside down or backwards topic.
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  • Video Game / King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human You'll turn back into a human after a little while, but in the AGDI version you'll die if the black cat gets a hold of you in snail form.
    Source: Video Game / King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human
  • Brad will never hold a very high place in the eyes of the fandom, but if he hadn't worked up the nerve to turn back, there wouldn't have been any survivors of that mission.
    Source: Dirty Coward
  • WTH, Costuming Department? aka: What The Hell Costuming Department Because many baseball fans and owners are so stuck in the past, teams think it's a good idea to hold "Turn Back the Clock Day" and make the players dress in baggy, oversized old-fashioned uniforms for one game.
    Source: WTH, Costuming Department? aka: What The Hell Costuming Department
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Turn back and Hold. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hold/turn_back
Hold & Turn back. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hold/turn_back>.
Turn back or Hold. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hold/turn_back.

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