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Meanings of have any hold in English

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Usage of have any hold in English
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The silken threads do not seem to have any hold upon her.
More Hunting Wasps
2
We don't often have any hold-ups on these quiet roads, anyway.
The Submarine Boys on Duty / Life on a Diving Torpedo Boat
3
The Church does not have any hold on them.
The Crucifixion of Philip Strong
4
Nothing human seems to have any hold upon you.
Bressant: A Novel
5
The law mustn't have any hold on you, as it seems to have on me.
In the Midst of Alarms
6
I wouldn't have any hold on you.
The Short Line War
7
Suicide is a sin against God, I repeat, not a crime over which human laws have any hold.
Robert Falconer
8
But she doesn't want you and Magsie Clay to have any hold over her sons-andcan you blame her?
The Heart of Rachael
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I forgot all about it, however, for I never seemed to myself to have any hold of, or relation to, that woman.
Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood
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He did not seem to have any hold upon the scene, and for several minutes this sensation of vacancy chained him to the spot.
Now or Never; Or, The Adventures of Bobby Bright: A Story for Yo...
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I don't consider that that old man has any hold on you.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
12
I don't seem to have any HOLD on Warren any more-youcan't explain such things-butI'm-
The Heart of Rachael
13
The voice which still seemed to be calling him back no longer had any hold over him.
Gather, Darkness!
14
It no longer had any hold on him, and so he tumbled away from it and into Kerberos's arms.
The call of kerberos: twilight of kerberos
15
He has captured one half of his society but lost the other half, if he ever had any hold on it.
The Guardian
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But he could not flatter himself that so far he had any hold over the senses or the heart of Lucy Foster.
Eleanor
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