3
harbor(verb, hold, love, honor, encourage)
3
hold close(verb, expression, keep, love, store)
3
hug(verb, hold, love, honor, encourage)
3
keep together(verb, cooperate, together, collaborate)
3
nurture(verb, hold, love, honor, maintain)
2
adhere to(verb, expression, honor, praise, respect)
2
attach
2
cleave to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, love, honor)
2
clench(verb, hold, grasp, seize, fasten)
2
clinch(verb, hold, keep, grasp, store)
2
entertain(verb, hold, love, honor, maintain)
2
fondle(verb, hold, love, honor, encourage)
2
freeze to(verb, expression, grasp, seize, grip)
2
grapple(verb, hold, grasp, fasten, grip)
2
grasp(verb, hold, keep, love, maintain)
2
grip(verb, hold, have, grasp, seize)
2
hang on(verb, expression, hold, follow, grasp)
2
hang on to(verb, expression, idiom, hold, keep)
2
harbour
2
have(verb, hold, keep, maintain, grasp)
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