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Significados de taking hold em inglês

The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

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Examples for "seizing"
Examples for "seizing"
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However, few observers believe the army is bent on seizing power again.
Reuters
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Renzi's political focus since seizing power in February does make economic sense.
Reuters
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So any move will almost inevitably lead to accusations of 'seizing power'.
News.com.au
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They came close to seizing power in a lightning attack last year.
Reuters
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Sea gangs have made millions of dollars from seizing ships and crews.
Reuters
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The man was openly exultant; he stood for Demos grasping the sceptre.
Demos
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The act of Fred Linden in grasping the limb saved his life.
The Hunters of the Ozark
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The wild blood in her leaped at the thought of grasping happiness.
December Love
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This will teach thee caution in judgment and accuracy in grasping subjects.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
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The players form in a circle, grasping the hands of their neighbors.
School, Church, and Home Games
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Two experiments were carried out: the prehension experiment and the grasp perturbation experiment.
Pubmed
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In the stationary-object prehension task, subjects had to pick up a stationary target object.
Pubmed
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Such a precision grip device may form the groundwork for future studies on prehension mechanisms.
Pubmed
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The presentation of distractors had no effects on the prehension kinematics of the control subjects.
Pubmed
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TENTACULA or TENTACLES.-Delicatefleshy organs of prehension or touch possessed by many of the lower animals.
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection / Or, the Pr...
Uso de taking hold em inglês
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The same feverish restlessness was taking hold in similar circles in Europe.
The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
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The Dominican crisis broke just as the new dogma was taking hold.
The new yorker
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As I said the words, I could feel a shift taking hold.
Between a heart and a rock place: a memoir
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She'd hardly eaten anything today, and the wine was taking hold fast.
Killer
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It adds credence to anecdotal accounts of a new normal taking hold.
Reuters
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The four figures stooped slightly, presumably taking hold of the casket's handles.
The Great Book of Amber
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The system was taking hold, and there was a bed for everyone.
Atonement
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And a new rumour was taking hold.. that there were icebergs about.
Reuters
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I said, taking hold of the hand which lay upon the coverlid.
Daisy in the Field
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She looked at him, taking hold of his hands without touching him.
Complete Books of Blood
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The truth is taking hold of us and is seizing us all.
The Ghost in the White House / Some suggestions as to how a hund...
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And taking hold of my hand, they carried me to the magistrate.
Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes
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It was like taking hold of a snake, strong, sinewy, and wriggling.
Death angel
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Evelyn asked, taking hold of one glove as if to keep them.
The Voyage Out
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Where it's taking hold of people's lives, they increasingly live like Jesus.
The myth of a christian religion: losing your religion for the b...
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Thus Le Blanc, taking hold of a little casket, Cellamare cried, M.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete
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