Indeed hope and confidence had a very firm hold on her at last.
Make sure you have a firm hold so your baby doesn't slide away.
But at current levels the shares are a firm hold.
Before she could dash, he took a firm hold on her arm.
The thing in the closet already had a firm hold on George.
She was anxious to begin before the press got a firm hold on her situation.
More, she had not the mind to get firm hold upon a definite truth.
Habit has a firm hold even at the moment of death.
Make sure you have a firm hold on the ladder because I'm going pretty high.
He took a firm hold and pulled back his hand.
The West has always had a strong hold on people because of its landscape.
The idea took stronger hold than it would have without him.
"But the tea trade has always had a strong hold on me," he said.
She seemed to hear him, but the television had too strong a hold on her.
Next thing I knew he's taken a strong hold and was away.
They exercise a strong hold over the political and economic life in their areas.
Twisting his body did no good; there was too strong a hold on him.
Though the head of the valley was some distance away, they could see that the fire had already taken a strong hold.
At last the fascinating game took a strong hold on him.
She never had so strong a hold upon my fancy as all that.
