take hold

Idioms  

1. Grasp, as in Take hold of this end of the rope . [Late 1500s]

2. Become established, as in The new vines quickly took hold , or This idea will never take hold with the voters . [c. 1300]

---

Example Sentences

It took a few decades for advertising to take hold in radio—the first commercial didn’t go out over the airwaves until 1920—but it was tied to TV from the start.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Nispel noted that shares trade at an attractive valuation and said he expects earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization growth to reaccelerate as the company’s efforts to cut costs take hold.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Equally, Chelsea were keen not to allow ill‑discipline to take hold, having already collected nine red cards across all competitions this season.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

New research from the University of California, Riverside suggests that eating more protein could help limit the infection's ability to take hold in the body.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

When it came time for Pagliuca to take the afternoon readings, the wind was so strong that he tied a rope around his waist and had two colleagues take hold of the other end.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson