what does take hold of mean?
TAKE HOLD OF as VERB
- Meaning
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
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- Catch the ball!
- Grab the elevator door!
Hypernyms(s) take hold of is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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