Recover and Rescue

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Recover

Recover verb - To get again in one's possession.

Usage example: after fishing around in the garbage for 10 minutes, I was able to recover my lost keys

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Rescue is a synonym for recover in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Rescue" instead a verb "Recover", when it comes to topics like help, save, salvage, regain. popular alternative

Nearby Words: recovery, recovered, recovering, recoverable

Rescue

Rescue verb - To remove from danger or harm.

Usage example: an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale

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Recover is a synonym for rescue in activity topic. You can use "Recover" instead a verb "Rescue", if it concerns topics such as help, save, regain, retrieve. popular alternative

Nearby Words: rescued, rescuer, rescuing

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Common collocations

soul	recover soul	rescue soul
time	recover time	rescue time
ship	recover ship	rescue ship
son	recover son	rescue son
Other words: daughter.

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