Hug and Keep

Hug

Hug verb - To express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune.

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Keep and hug are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Hug".

Nearby Word: hugged

Keep verb - To continue to have in one's possession or power.

Usage example: keep my secret and don't tell it to anyone

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Hug and keep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hug" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

sweet	sweet hug	sweet keep
good	good hug	good keep
usual	usual hug	usual keep
regular	regular hug	regular keep
Other adjectives: straight, single, powerful, actual, massive, big, great, huge.

character	hug character	keep character
man	hug man	keep man
people	hug people	keep people
body	hug body	keep body
Other words: children, family, someone, time, way, characters, anyone, everyone, hands, daughter, friends, enemies.

Dean's close to Manly Tears— but he's got his face tucked into Cas' neck to the point where he can't see the latter's clenched fist and shattered expression—Cas can't bring himself to hug Dean back because Leviathans are after him, and he has to leave Dean to keep him safe.

Source: Revealing Hug
Can overlap with Man Hug, where men develop a special way of hugging to keep this from happening out of embarrassment.

Source: The Un-Hug
However, Peggy's mother maintains that Mitch's necessary acts of theft (in order to keep the family together) were morally wrong — and she planned to give Mitch an earful, as well as a hug.

Source: Broken Aesop / Live-Action Films

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