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take hold

  1. Become established, as in The new vines quickly took hold , or This idea will never take hold with the voters . [c. 1300]

  2. Grasp, as in Take hold of this end of the rope . [Late 1500s]



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Speaking on RTÉ's Prime Time on Tuesday, the band's manager said "moral hysteria" had taken hold and that the band are being held to a higher moral standard than politicians.

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California also has suffered losses in court, with judges in some instances allowing administration policies to take hold while the state argues for their ultimate reversal.

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The new footballing paradigm is settling in, but hasn't fully taken hold yet.

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The idea did not take hold but it was a way of getting over that stumbling block.

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The US had tried to organise a 30-day ceasefire but that never took hold, and this latest chapter underscores the difficulty in achieving even a brief pause in fighting,

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