take hold of



take hold of someone or something

to grasp someone or something. He took hold of the child, which frightened her very much. Terry took hold of the doorknob and turned it.
See also: hold, of, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ceciliasə-SEE-lee-ə (English), sə-SEEL-yə (English), che-CHEE-lyah (Italian), the-THEE-lyah (Spanish), se-SEE-lyah (Latin American Spanish), se-SEEL-yah (Danish, Norwegian), SE-see-lee-ah (Finnish)English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, German
Thomasina[.tɔmə'si:nə]
Burns[bə:ns]
Abd Al-Rahman-Arabic
Fingal-Scottish
Romanrah-MAHN (Russian), RAW-mahn (Polish)Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovene, Croatian, German