Definition of Take hold

1. Verb. Assume control.

Exact synonyms: Take Charge, Take Control
Generic synonyms: Head, Lead
Specialized synonyms: Move In On

2. Verb. Have or hold in one's hands or grip. "They want to take hold the prisoners "; "A crazy idea took hold of him"
Exact synonyms: Hold
Specialized synonyms: Grasp, Hold On, Cling To, Clutch, Hold Close, Hold Tight, Cradle, Clinch, Interlace, Interlock, Lock, Trap, Cradle
Derivative terms: Hold
Antonyms: Let Go Of

Definition of Take hold

1. Verb. to grasp, seize ¹

2. Verb. to take root, become established ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Hold

take down
take down a peg
take effect
take exception
take exception to
take fire
take five
take flight
take for
take for a spin
take for granted
take form
take guard
take heart
take heed
take hold
take hold of
take home
take hostage
take ill
take in
take in charge
take in vain
take in water
take into account
take inventory
take issue
take issue with
take it away
take it easy

Literary usage of Take hold

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... Michigan, New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, the disability of aliens to take, hold, and transmit real property seems to be essentially removed. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"... a petition of some kind waa necessary in order to invest the court below with authority to take hold of the question of compensation to be made to the ..."

3. Israel in Egypt: Sacred Oratorio by George Frideric Handel, Georg Friedrich Händel, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Horace Wadham Nicholl (1900)
"... shall take hold, shall take hold,. -shall take 1 on them. them. on them. ... hold,. shall take hold on \ hold, them. on them, shall take hold on them. ..."

4. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... Michigan, New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, the disability of aliens to take, hold, and transmit real property seems to be essentially removed. ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"... a petition of some kind waa necessary in order to invest the court below with authority to take hold of the question of compensation to be made to the ..."

6. Israel in Egypt: Sacred Oratorio by George Frideric Handel, Georg Friedrich Händel, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Horace Wadham Nicholl (1900)
"... shall take hold, shall take hold,. -shall take 1 on them. them. on them. ... hold,. shall take hold on \ hold, them. on them, shall take hold on them. ..."

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