Lead and Return

Lead

Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Return and lead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead the word "Lead" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Lead and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lead" instead the word "Return" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

good	good lead	good return
original	original lead	original return
initial	initial lead	initial return
true	true lead	true return
Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, real, big, great, little, slight, main, dramatic, possible, past, previous.

humanity	lead humanity	return humanity
life	lead life	return life
people	lead people	return people
group	lead group	return group
Other words: someone, rest, way, world, country, everyone, times, souls.

In season 2 Monroe is hiding out in Texas and is quite insistent that sooner or later he will return and lead his nation once again.

Source: Government in Exile
In the backstory of Drowtales Queen Sharess made a promise to the Dark Elves that she would return and lead them back to the Surface from the Underworld once it was safe again after demonic wars had made it uninhabitable before she departed into the Netherworld to seal the gates.

Source: King in the Mountain
That Robb had his mother around as he tries to lead is a constant source of tension, and when Jon Snow tries to convince the Wildlings to return to Castle Black with him, Tormund admits that he's very young to lead.

Source: A Child Shall Lead Them

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