Press and Spring

Press

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

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

Nearby Words: pressed, pressing, pressroom

Spring verb - To come into existence.

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Press and spring are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Press" instead a verb "Spring".

old	old press	old spring
single	single press	single spring
heavy	heavy press	heavy spring
small	small press	small spring
Other adjectives: actual, real, large, huge, terrible, new, early, final, yellow, underground, mysterious, local, Arab.

Velvet Revolution: Despite the bad press the Arab Spring gets these days, most of the time, the protests actually resulted in this trope.

Source: Useful Notes / The Arab Spring
Drop the Washtub: When Excel and Hyatt try to remove the intruders from their Absurdly Spacious Sewer, Excel tells Hyatt to press a button on the wall to spring a trap.

Source: Anime / Excel Saga
You should make the spring-tempered blade flex in the direction of your palm as you press the point against the target, which shows that in a real fight with a sharp, stiff rapier, that force would effectively thrust your point several inches into your opponent's body.

Source: Useful Notes / European Swordsmanship

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