Usage of "take hold of"

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To take hold of, especially in the hands, so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of.

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Usage of take hold of in English

Harry saw Alice reach back and take hold of her husband's hand. 
 Blood harvest 

A distinct sense of alertness began to take hold of the settlement. 
 The Last Ship 

If something wants to take hold of my mind, I let it. 
 Level 7 

Izzy used her thumb and forefinger to take hold of the spoon. 
 On mystic lake 

These were not promising contracts for a company to take hold of. 
 Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1 

Then suddenly an urgent thought seemed to take hold of his mind. 
 White Hunter, Black Heart 

The idea of the thing began to take hold of William's imagination. 
 More William 

And then the vast distances, the great spaces take hold of you. 
 The Sword of Antietam: A Story of the Nation's Crisis 

If you knew-Then an idea seemed to take hold of him. 
 The House of the Vampire 

We have to take hold of our reason by the right end. 
 The Mystery of the Yellow Room 

As they grow, tendrils shoot out and take hold of the sticks. 
 Chambers's Elementary Science Readers / Book I 

They-theywant to take hold of life and make nothing of it. 
 The New Machiavelli 

Then take hold of this pickaxe, and see how you like it. 
 The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia 

Artemis waited calmly for the drug to take hold of his system. 
 Artemis Fowl 

He came up and reached out to take hold of my arm. 
 Cord and Creese 

She'd take hold of the cowhide, and he would have to quit. 
 Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States... 

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Meanings of take hold of in English