hold
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4.2
- noun
- /hoʊld/
- You have a hold on it.
- take hold
- weaken their hold
- break the hold
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Watch on YouTubeBut it did shrink its hold on the populace.
- But it did shrink its hold on the populace.
- In all cases, this is an attempt to strengthen the hold of a corrupt ruling group.
- I think those things need less of a hold on you.
- So multiple compression has certainly also taken a hold of a stock like AMD and NVIDIA.
- Power is charged through sound and seeks to maintain its currency by its hold over silence.
- If you believe in something, you get pleasure from such a belief, but when the belief is lost, therefore the picture loses its hold on you.
- The idea that we're increasingly living in a simulation and in such a world, reality, if there is such a thing, takes on a more tenuous hold.
- And so, you know, nobody, nobody has, nobody has a hold on ignorance in that way.
- It has on his audience to stand for the hold of Fascist prime movers on the followers.
Examples
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People with a hold on you: none.
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But he's had a hold on you ever since you were a little boy.
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Then I think we have to really break the hold of those vested interests on, you know, on the system.
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I serve an on-time God, and he will deliver us from this financial hold your bank has on us.
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In all cases, this is an attempt to strengthen the hold of a corrupt ruling group.
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But the conservatives' hold on power at the state level was more tenuous than they believed.
Academic text (2017) -
Look what she did to me and how it has shaped my life that that person does not deserve to have that kind of hold over your heart and your joy.
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One of its effects is to tighten the left's hold on the universities.
Academic text (1991) -
Since then, as personalization has taken a stronger hold on adult services, cooperatives have risen up the political agenda.
Academic text (2011) -
The committee is working to loosen the hold of corruption on local politics.
Synonyms
∞
3.4
Ability to control people or events
945
3.8
A person or group with power to make things happen
187
3.0
A firm understanding of a topic or control of a situation
156
3.4
Person or thing that changes how people think and behave
90
4.7
To have power or control over other people
83
5.1
Power and control over other people or groups
55
3.2
A position giving power or advantage over someone in a situation
35
5.1
A force that draws things or gives someone an advantage
29
5.1
Power over other people and events
18
8.0
A strong control that prevents others from changing things or acting freely
15
5.6
Power that lets someone control people and places
9
8.2
A position of power over other people or groups
4
8.0
A strong control that stops people or groups from acting freely
3
8.0
Power or influence over other people
1
9.9
Power to control people or places
1
9.0
Having power over other people or groups
Idioms
- Informal
35
4.8
To feel angry at someone for something they did in the past that hurt you
- Informal
10
8.1
Make someone do what they promised or take responsibility by pressuring them
7
8.5
Ask anyone who objects to speak now or be silent forever
- Slang
2
9.9
A joking way to say you will try something daring or foolish after someone else does
- Informal
1
8.8
To have the only responsibility for a hard problem when others avoid it
- Slang
A joking request to someone to hold your drink before doing something daring
To support two opposite sides at the same time to please both
Compounds
- NSFW
6
7.5
A tight arm around someone's neck from behind to stop them moving or make them pass out
- Jargon
1
7.8
A position where someone wraps their legs around an opponent's body or head and presses their feet together to squeeze
- Jargon
A wrestler wraps their legs around someone's body or head and squeezes them with the feet
How Influential
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun hold meaning power or influence comes from the Old English healdan, meaning 'to grip' or 'keep', so if someone has a 'hold' over others they have a strong 'grip' on their feelings or actions.