Thinking of his mother gave him a second hold on his courage.

I've always made a point of borrowing money from women early in the relationship so as to give them a hold over me.

As prime minister, he would effectively control the three main public stations, giving him a hold on 90 percent of the television audience.

But it gave me a hold to squeeze information out of him.

The reassurance gave him a new hold on his world.

Del Cullen had asked her to try and find out what it was that gave them a hold over him.

"To give our feet a hold as we go down," he explained.

Anything he said gave them a greater hold on him.

Chain was let out to give it a hold on the coral.

They would be very strong, and give him a good hold.