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take hold
Become established, as in The new vines quickly took hold , or This idea will never take hold with the voters . [c. 1300]
Grasp, as in Take hold of this end of the rope . [Late 1500s]
Example Sentences
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.
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.
The new footballing paradigm is settling in, but hasn't fully taken hold yet.
The idea did not take hold but it was a way of getting over that stumbling block.
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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