Spread and Take

Spread

Spread verb - To cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people.

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Take and spread are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Spread".

Nearby Words: spreading, spreader

Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

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Spread and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Spread" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

good	good spread	good take
best	best spread	best take
single	single spread	single take
obvious	obvious spread	obvious take
Other adjectives: actual, real, massive, large, big, great, huge, bad, new, major, realistic, triple.

power	spread power	take power
life	spread life	take life
people	spread people	take people
word	spread word	take word
Other words: name, effect, way, damage.

In MapleStory, in the Sand Bandits line of missions, you are tricked into thinking you are doing this by a band of not-so-virtuous desert bandits, and you are recruited by a band of actually virtuous bandits to steal back what you helped them take and spread it among the poor.

Source: Just Like Robin Hood
The lives of fifty such cannot atone for an hour of my uneasiness. Falkland similarly believes the cultured elite are justified in almost whatever means they take to spread civilization.

Source: Literature / Caleb Williams
Fumoffu, after a seemingly deadly virus spread to the school, Sōsuke drags Kaname to the infirmary and asks her to take off her clothes.

Source: Take Off Your Clothes

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