Press and Spare

Press

Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.

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Spare and press are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spare" instead a verb "Press".

Nearby Words: pressed, pressing, pressroom

Spare verb - To use or give out in stingy amounts.

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Press and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Press" instead a verb "Spare".

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

They press the big red button with 20 seconds to spare, but it continues to count down.

Source: Magic Countdown
A second player can press Start on a spare controller whenever Dante uses the Doppelganger technique to control Dante's shadow.

Source: Franchise / Devil May Cry
Lampshaded in that while they press the abort button with about 16 seconds to spare, the ship is rigged so that the countdowns always stop with one second left.

Source: Self-Destruct Mechanism

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