Retain and Toss

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Retain

Retain verb - To continue to have in one's possession or power.
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Toss is an antonym for retain.
Nearby Words: retainer, retaining

Toss

Toss verb - To get rid of as useless or unwanted.
Usage example: we need to go through the basement and toss whatever we don't use
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Retain is an antonym for toss.
Nearby Words: tossed, tossing
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Common collocations

body retain body toss body
items retain items toss items
weapons retain weapons toss weapons

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  • Video Game / Double Dragon II Technos had more experience with the NES hardware this time around—a result of working on several titles since the original Double Dragon, including the cult classic River City Ransom—so it was able to retain co-op multiplayer and toss in the option to disable "friendly fire" damage.
    Source: Video Game / Double Dragon II
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