Obtain and Return

Obtain

Obtain verb - To receive as return for effort.

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Return and obtain are semantically related in acquire topic. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a verb "Obtain".

Nearby Words: obtained, obtainable, obtaining

Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.

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Obtain and return are semantically related in acquire topic. Sometimes you can use "Obtain" instead a verb "Return".

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

heart	obtain heart	return heart
ability	obtain ability	return ability
power	obtain power	return power
crown	obtain crown	return crown
Other words: body, control, item, way, money, key, ball, mask, card, items, sword, gun, powers.

Anti-Frustration Features: You no longer have to return to the quest giver to obtain a reward in the fourth game; after doing the mission you are just given the mon.

Source: Video Game / Way of the Samurai
You shouldn't, because he rewards you with a much-harder-to-obtain Frog Coin if you return it.

Source: Video Game / Super Mario RPG
But instead of the second chapter being his return to the States and teaching his class, as in the film, it introduces Dietrich and has him being given his mission to obtain the Ark by a high-ranking Nazi named Eidel.

Source: Novelization

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