VERB
- assume control
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have or hold in one's hands or grip
A crazy idea took hold of him
Hold this bowl for a moment, please
How To Use take hold In A Sentence
- He snuffled, dark hair damp against my neck, his mouth rooting to take hold of my collarbone. Brush of Darkness
- And even if inflation does now take hold, there is plenty of scope to let the rupiah rise. Times, Sunday Times
- All the evidence is that policymakers will do virtually anything rather than see a deflationary spiral take hold. Times, Sunday Times
- It will not stop them from assuming that, as the clock strikes twelve, you want them to take hold of your face and plant a smacker on your lips.
- Normally, as the economy overheats inflation begins to take hold.
- Einstein still enjoyed himself even when real illness did take hold.
- All the evidence is that policymakers will do virtually anything rather than see a deflationary spiral take hold. Times, Sunday Times
- This encourages other bacteria to take hold, then termites discover the soft wood, further adding to the damage.
- Just take hold of the tube and squeeze.
- The urge to bake another pie began to take hold in the village towards the end of 1985.