Quick Quiz: Verbs Score: Change category, Flip order Reset Incorrect! Try again. Verb: syphon Your choice? demand and take for use or service, esp. by military or public authority for public service make a loud noise  (Verb: claxon) convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon maintain one's position and be in control of a situation   (Verb: hold one's own)