catch+hold

  • 1catch hold of — To seize • • • Main Entry: ↑catch * * * grab/catch/hold of phrase to suddenly start holding someone or something Bobby grabbed hold of her leg. Thesaurus: to hold something or …

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  • 2catch hold of — {v. phr.} To grasp a person or a thing. * / I ve been trying to catch hold of you all week, John said, but you were out of town. / * /The mountain climber successfully caught hold of his friend s hand and thereby saved his life./ …

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  • 3catch hold of — {v. phr.} To grasp a person or a thing. * / I ve been trying to catch hold of you all week, John said, but you were out of town. / * /The mountain climber successfully caught hold of his friend s hand and thereby saved his life./ …

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  • 4catch\ hold\ of — v. phr. To grasp a person or a thing. I ve been trying to catch hold of you all week, John said, but you were out of town. The mountain climber successfully caught hold of his friend s hand and thereby saved his life …

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  • 5catch hold of somebody — catch, get, grab, take, etc. (a) ˈhold of sb/sth idiom to have or take sb/sth in your hands • He caught hold of her wrists so she couldn t get away. • Lee got hold of the dog by its collar. • Quick, grab a hold of that rope …

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  • 6catch hold of something — catch, get, grab, take, etc. (a) ˈhold of sb/sth idiom to have or take sb/sth in your hands • He caught hold of her wrists so she couldn t get away. • Lee got hold of the dog by its collar. • Quick, grab a hold of that rope …

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  • 7catch hold of — obtain, grasp onto …

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  • 8catch-hold — …

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  • 9hold — hold1 [hōld] vt. held, holding [ME holden < Anglian OE haldan (WS healdan), akin to Ger halten, Goth haldan, to tend sheep < IE base * kel , to drive, incite to action > Gr kelēs, swift horse, L celer, swift: prob. sense development:… …

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  • 10catch — catch1 [ kætʃ ] (past tense and past participle caught [ kɔt ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop and hold something/someone ▸ 2 stop someone escaping ▸ 3 find and arrest ▸ 4 (hunt and) stop animal ▸ 5 get on public vehicle ▸ 6 discover someone doing something… …

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