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take possession of(expression, idiom)
2
tie up(expression, join, catch, interest, arrest)
2
touch(verb, hold, mean, cover, concern)
2
understand(verb, trouble, disturb, worry, absorb)
2
undertake(join, catch, arrest, involve, occupy)
2
usurp
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utilize(verb, waste, use, exhaust, fill)
1
abstract
1
accroach
1
affect(verb, hold, mean, cover, concern)
1
appropriate
1
argue(verb, hold, mean, cover, concern)
1
arrogate
1
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1
baffle
1
befuddle
1
beguile
1
bemuse
1
colonize
1
come uppermost
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