take hold

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take hold

verb takes hold · taking hold · took hold · taken hold

followed by of To grasp, seize. The astonishing sight of the Cristo do Corcovado took hold of our attention.
Similar: lay hold of
intransitive To take root, become established. Then the highly virulent mental germs skillfully inoculated took a hold in the subconscious mind of European humanity; the disease developed rapidly, spread like wild fire, and raged unabated throughout the width and length of the central empires.

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@misc{take_hold_2026,
  title = {take hold},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/take%20hold},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}