6
live through(verb, expression, take, keep, overcome)
6
meet(verb, take, oppose, play, allow)
6
perpetuate(verb, support, control, keep, maintain)
6
prop up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, support, take)
6
resist(verb, hold, take, meet, keep)
6
stand by(verb, expression, phrasal verb, support, help)
6
stand up for(verb, expression, idiom, support, hold)
6
stick up for(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, support)
6
survive(verb, support, hold, take, advance)
6
take(verb, support, hold, meet, accept)
6
tote(verb, support, move, hold, take)
6
weather(verb, hold, take, keep, overcome)
5
accept(verb, support, take, accept, allow)
5
aver(verb, show, confirm, prove, appear)
5
bear out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, support, hold)
5
benefit(verb, support, help, maintain, back)
5
care for(verb, expression, support, hold, keep)
5
cultivate(verb, support, keep, love, honor)
5
digest(verb, bear, experience, endure, withstand)
5
found(verb, support, hold, maintain, put)
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