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Definition of Take hold

1. Verb. Assume control.

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"

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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