take hold
Start having effect
Take hold means to grasp something physically: She took hold of the railing.
More often it describes something abstract gaining strength or influence—an idea takes hold when it spreads and sticks, a fire takes hold when it catches and grows, a habit takes hold when it becomes entrenched.
Panic took hold of the crowd.
The new policy never really took hold.
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
- seizeTake suddenly, forcibly
- grabSeize abruptly
- claspSecuring device that clicks
- gripSecure manual hold
catch · clench · snatch · latch · cling · grapple · embrace · fasten
Underground absorbing structure
- entrenchFix firmly in place
- settleReach final terms
- solidifyMake or become hard
- embedFix within surrounding material
implant · lodge · anchor · fix · stick · persist · endure · stabilize
clutch
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
grip · catch · clench · snatch · latch · cling · grapple · embrace · fasten · wrest
root
Underground absorbing structure
embed · implant · lodge · anchor · fix · stick · persist · endure · stabilize · cement
propagate
Spread or breed further
- catch onGrasp or gain popularity
- proliferateReproduce or spread swiftly
- permeateSpread through entirely
sweep · engulf · infect · consume · grip · seize · escalate · mushroom · snowball · ripple
control
Authority to direct
sway · influence · ascendancy · supremacy · mastery · leverage · grip · reign · clout · predominance
take holdfade away
Diminish gradually to nothing
die out · fizzle out · peter out · wane · dissipate
hold, take, mistake, held, taken, taking, holding, overtake, withhold