TAKING HOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does taking hold mean? 

• TAKING HOLD (noun)
  The noun TAKING HOLD has 1 sense:

1. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

  Familiarity information: TAKING HOLD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKING HOLD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

grasping; prehension; seizing; taking hold

Hypernyms ("taking hold" is a kind of...):

control (the activity of managing or exerting control over something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "taking hold"):

clasp; clench; clutch; clutches; grasp; grip; hold (the act of grasping)

 Context examples 

“Bless the precious boy!” cried Peggotty, taking hold of me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Certainly,” said Hal, with freezing politeness, taking hold of the gee-pole with one hand and swinging his whip from the other.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

In the days that followed Joe was too busy organizing and taking hold of the laundry to bother him much; and it was not until the day before sailing that the newspapers made the announcement that he had taken passage on the Mariposa.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“And who's this shaver?” said one of the gentlemen, taking hold of me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I went up to New York with Tom on the train one afternoon and when we stopped by the ashheaps he jumped to his feet and taking hold of my elbow literally forced me from the car.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)