Synonyms for take hold
take hold

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1. take holdverb

   Synonyms:
   lay hold

2. take holdverb

   to grasp, seize

   Synonyms:
   lay hold

3. take holdverb

   to take root, become established

   Synonyms:
   lay hold

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1. take hold, take charge, take controlverb

   assume control

   Synonyms:
   take charge, take control, hold

2. hold, take holdverb

   have or hold in one's hands or grip

   "Hold this bowl for a moment, please"; "A crazy idea took hold of him"

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, book, retain, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, bind, deem, hold up, arrest, hold, take, have, concord, take control, keep, check, make, take for, go for, throw, defy, control, harbor, reserve, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, curb, defend, confine, have got, restrain, take charge, withstand, agree, hold in, halt, contain, concur, maintain, guard, keep back, sustain, prevail, admit, obtain, declare, bear

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1. Henry Ward Beecher:

   Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

2. Honest:

   'God is a Goldin Opportunity' 'you take hold all the opportunity's' 'he shows you' & 'has given to you' n 'There is no limit to your potential goals in life!'

3. Joe Biden:

   Now he's suggesting he wants to get the country back opened by Easter, it would be a catastrophic thing to do for our people and for our economy if we sent people back to work just as we were beginning to see the impact of social distancing take hold only to unleash a second spike in infections.

4. Olga Rudyaga -RRB- Rudyaga:

   It's impossible for the Russians to control and take hold of Kyiv, even if they capture and occupy an individual … government building, it wouldn't be more than for a couple of hours.

5. Antone Melton-Meaux:

   We don't need another celebrity. We don't need dividers. We need people that are going to work and unite us to challenge and take hold of these problems that we face as a community.