Examples of 'takes hold' in a sentence
Meaning of "takes hold"
takes hold: To gain control or influence over a situation, concept, or individual. This phrase suggests a gradual or sudden establishment of authority or power in a particular context
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- third-person singular simple present indicative form of take hold
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takes hold
This fantasy takes hold of me bit by bit.
Stop the infection before it takes hold.
A fear that takes hold in the gut.
Before his own fantasy takes hold.
When fear takes hold of your body.
I have a strange fear that takes hold of me.
God takes hold when we break down.
Mortgage lending takes hold and prospers.
Gets a taste in my mouth as desperation takes hold.
The devil easily takes hold of a lively mind.
Calm yourself when panic takes hold.
Once it takes hold of the group.
Days when a distant word takes hold of me.
Once it takes hold of us it never lets go.
Of a rope of which the person takes hold.
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Stop it now before it takes hold of you completely.
We may be gone before planned depopulation takes hold.
And dead to rights takes hold of the lead.
It takes hold easily in disturbed areas such as roadsides.
But suddenly the paranoia takes hold.
He takes hold of the papal throne.
When divine intervention really takes hold.
Its evil takes hold of you.
Until the spirit new sensation takes hold.
The hand that takes hold of infinite help.
A seething undercurrent of anger takes hold.
Good music takes hold of you.
He takes hold of my hand a little tighter than necessary.
This sickness takes hold fast.
Fever takes hold of the imagination.
A new group of stockholders takes hold of the company.
Fear takes hold in the place.
There is something that takes hold of me.
His hand takes hold on judgment.
And once the fire really takes hold.
Once the disease takes hold it is difficult to control.
I do not know how long before it takes hold.
And wickedness takes hold of a nation.
He takes hold of and makes a home in our hearts.
When that takes hold in our.
Hypothermia has that effect when it takes hold.
But misfortune takes hold of him.
Faith takes hold of us only when we take hold of it.
Everything they think they are or did takes hold so hard.
The work takes hold of a person.
Act before addiction takes hold.
If a family takes hold of itself.
A hyperinflation of asylum seekers takes hold.
Or some stupid student takes hold to me for a philosophical discussion.
The law of precedent takes hold.
