Holds
Opens
Both words in one sentence
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He refuses, and holds off his own crew at gunpoint until he opens the sea valves, sinking his own submarine, which explodes.Ferdinand is fished unconscious out of the water.
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He holds it up to his face, gives the audience an excited look, opens wide, and bites it, causing an explosion of sickly orange pus.
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Of course, when he opens it after the contest it just holds a note saying he could do it all along if he believed in himself.
Source: Magic Feather
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