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Meanings of catch hold in English

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Usage of catch hold in English
1
The travelers had barely time to catch hold of the steep bank.
In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
2
The slippery oiled bodies also made them hard to catch hold of.
Witchcraft Today
3
And she would catch hold of it, and shake it quite brutally.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
4
It was a wall of earth with nothing to catch hold of.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
5
I can see plenty of places to catch hold of beyond me.
The River of Darkness; Or, Under Africa
6
Hands which eluded him when he sought to catch hold of them.
Gather, Darkness!
7
It's a pity you didn't catch hold of him by it, however.
My Strangest Case
8
You'd better come and catch hold of him yourself, you hunchback devil.
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
9
Both require a similar technique to catch hold and start feeding.
The Irish Times
10
Behind them, fire began to catch hold inside the Imperial Palace.
Paul of dune
11
The harder you try to catch hold of them, the more they recede.
Helen of troy
12
Of course it was an offer to catch hold of for dear life.
The End of the Tether
13
I'd catch hold of your throat and choke you for half a guinea.
A Tale of Two Cities
14
He had just strength enough left to catch hold of it.
A Voyage round the World / A book for boys
15
He would have plenty of chance to catch hold of one of them.
The Rover Boys on the Farm; or, Last Days at Putnam Hall
16
Then he would catch hold quickly with his feet and hands.
Thirty Indian Legends
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Catch hold through the time
Catch hold across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common