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have a hold over
have a hold over
Also, have a hold on. Have a controlling influence over. For example, Blackmailers have a hold over their victims, or, as Shakespeare put it in The Merchant of Venice (4:1): "The law has yet another hold on you." [Late 1500s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Gulisa | | - | Georgian |
| Cernunnos | | - | Celtic Mythology (Latinized) |
| FrØYa | | - | Norwegian |
| Melany | | MEL-ə-nee | English (Modern) |
| Deirdre | | DEER-drə (English), DEER-dree (English), DER-dre (Irish) | English, Irish, Irish Mythology |
| Dorte | | DOR-te | Danish |