Hold and Win

Hold

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

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

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Win verb - To achieve victory (as in a contest).

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Hold and win are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Win".

Nearby Words: winning, winner, wining

close	close hold	close win
good	good hold	good win
high	high hold	high win
full	full hold	full win
Other adjectives: best, complete, solid, single, small, entire, massive, large, big, huge, famous, former, final, last, awesome, favorite, biggest.

tournament	hold tournament	win tournament
contest	hold contest	win contest
place	hold place	win place
hand	hold hand	win hand
Other words: time, way, belt, title, championship, times, elections, rounds, titles.

Before the game, Giants player, Plaxico Burress, said they would win and hold the Patriots to 17 points.

Source: Harsher In Hindsight / Real Life
Bond screws up Le Chiffre's plan by foiling a terrorist attack and Le Chiffre has to hold and win a multi-million dollar poker tournament to pay his clients back.

Source: Evil Plan
His body is so badly burned that he's mistaken for Kirby - Mario dropped a Fire Flower a few minutes earlier, presumably Kirby got hold of it and used it to win the fight.

Source: Web Video / There Will Be Brawl

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