Hold and Using up

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Hold

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

Using up

Using up noun - The act of consuming something.
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Hold is an antonym for using up in topics: give, die, mislay, exhaust, swallow.
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  • Goku directly invoked this trope in the Buu Saga, using up the rest of his time on Earth to force himself to a ridiculously high power level and hold off the villain long enough for Trunks to escape.note Notable in that this is the closest a dead guy can come to a Heroic Sacrifice
    Source: Strong as They Need to Be
  • World War II / War In Europe And Africa In 1941 Germany is using a force of 2 million German combat troops, 1 million Romanian/Hungarian/Italian combat troops, 2k tanks, and 20k supply trucks to mostly just hold a line 3000km long, and at most can hope to advance on just one 500km-wide front using up to a mere million troops.
    Source: World War II / War In Europe And Africa
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