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What is another word for
held on to
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To have taken control of with one's hands
Past tense for to keep or maintain in one's possession
Past tense for to physically grip or cling to something
Past tense for to hold in one's mind, heart or imagination
Past tense for to keep (something) going
Past tense for to attract and engage the attention or interest of
Past tense for to embrace or hold someone or something tightly in one's arms
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Verb
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To have taken control of with one's hands
took
grabbed
held
clenched
grasped
gripped
clasped
snared
snatched
wrested
caught
nabbed
seized
snagged
caught hold of
clung to
clutched
got hold of
grabbed hold of
took hold of
beared
holden
carried
possessed
owned
had
commanded
taken
had in hand
held close
clinched
wielded
hung on to
wrung
handled
palmed
adhered
secured
kept close
borne
bore
own
wringed
wrang
gotten hold of
taken hold of
bagged
got
captured
collared
hooked
netted
nailed
landed
copped
grappled
glommed
snapped up
trapped
corralled
gotten
gat
rapped
nobbled
acquired
laid hold of
picked up
laid hands on
obtained
attained
won
pounced on
gained
appropriated
arrested
jumped at
annexed
leaped about
seized on
procured
squeezed
apprehended
came by
seized hold of
scored
detained
garnered
pluckt
plucked
collected
earned
pinched
brought in
received
ensnared
put in jail
gathered
lift
wangled
entrapped
pulled in
grasped with both hands
pulled down
latched on to
achieved
nicked
reapt
reaped
knocked down
caught at
acted upon
busted
put behind bars
pulled
yanked
embraced
took advantage of
realized
US
swung
accessed
hauled in
felt your collar
grabbed at
latched onto
realised
UK
racked up
come into possession of
accepted eagerly
abducted
took into custody
taken advantage of
wrenched
gotten your hands on
got your hands on
imprisoned
found
entangled
incarcerated
enmeshed
amassed
drew
drawn
taken into custody
took prisoner
lifted
cornered
lassoed
capitalized on
made
come to have
clutched at
held tightly
snatched at
caught up
tackled
got possession of
possessed oneself of
took possession of
exploited
acted on
took captive
maximized
US
taken prisoner
kidnaped
kidnapped
accepted
maximised
UK
tweaked
put to advantage
taken up
took up
carried off
taken possession of
put to use
enclasped
restrained
tugged
intercepted
derived
tangled
pressed
prest
bought
taken captive
extricated
prised
purchased
ensnarled
fulfilled
located
occupied
meshed
entoiled
fastened
hit
gleaned
enfolded
immeshed
swang
swungen
prehended
hustled
compassed
took a grip of
came into possession of
put the snare on
made a grab for
taken a grip of
come into
glommed onto
reached for
come in for
swooped down on
gone for
went for
grasped hold of
scared up
fastened on
welcomed with open arms
chalked up
put the cuffs on
hung onto
swooped on
arrived at
grabbed with both hands
held fast
rounded up
held onto
put the arm on
used
made the most of
pursued
founden
fand
utilized
US
thrown in jail
threw in jail
did
done
conquered
built on
derived benefit from
gotten one's fingers on
gained from
turned to account
jumped on
took hostage
utilised
UK
milked
played on
taken by force
came to have
followed up on
took by force
taken receipt of
got one's fingers on
took receipt of
profited from
cashed in on
profited by
teared
ripped
clamped
jerked
hugged
accomplished
swiped
booked
manoeuvred
UK
wrought
worked
maneuvered
US
peeled
latched
twitched
boughten
cuddled
twinged
compressed
logged
established
fixed
fixt
retained
enjoyed
snuggled
laid
gloved
beached
enveloped
jailed
US
enclosed
treed
reified
effectuated
cherished
jagged
griped
stopped
springed
rousted
leaped
US
cleared away
leapt
UK
gone for enthusiastically
reserved
took in
sorted out
clapped hands on
took possession
scooped
succeeded in
fastened round
got one's mitts on
clapp hands on
pounced
seized upon
benefitted from
arranged
sourced
brought off
tracked down
bit
took action on
polished off
reeled in
tied up
usurped
prevailed upon
pulled off
picked
got a purchase
cleaved
snapped
laid hold
scooped up
built up
notched up
gathered up
clawed at
shown enthusiasm for
took in for questioning
clapped a hand on
culled
latched on
taken in for questioning
went for enthusiastically
kept hold of
tossed in jail
bought up
managed
gaoled
UK
brought around
taken possession
fixed up
attacked suddenly
wrestled
taken in
grabbed away
snatched up
took control of
blagged
bought out
managed to get
crushed
grabbed tightly
taken hostage
jumped
came into
attempted
exacted
claimed
made a haul
searched out
hooked on
clocked up
pulled at
caught off-guard
knocked off
tracked
showed enthusiasm for
snapt
came in for
nipped
placed under arrest
come up with
locked up
swept up
stretched for
hung on
induced
traced
tugged at
solicited
torn
tore
book
hitten
hat
lay
taken action on
grope
gripen
availed oneself of
got a hold of
rung up
gotten a hold of
rang up
went after
gone after
took delivery of
taken delivery of
bitten
came up with
sprent
took in arms
taken in arms
taken control of
taken hold
took hold
taken by surprise
taken unawares
took unawares
took by surprise
bitten off
bit off
undertaken
undertook
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to keep or maintain in one's possession
reserved
retained
held
holden
kept
withheld
withholden
maintained
hung on to
kept possession of
sat on
refused to give
retained possession of
kept for oneself
retained ownership of
retained use of
not given away
clung to
continued to have
held fast to
kept hold of
kept to oneself
put by
set aside
saved
put aside
set by
stored
garnered
hoarded
amassed
accumulated
stockpiled
collected
possessed
hid
filed
held back
saved up
hung onto
laid aside
heaped
conserved
stashed
held onto
laid down
kept to yourself
cached
repressed
stifled
concealed
stashed away
stored up
kept back
kept in reserve
held in
piled up
shelved
lay down
hidden
more ❯
“We decided to
hold on to
the property for one more year to make sure we did not sell too soon.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to physically grip or cling to something
grasped
gripped
clasped
clenched
clutched
clung
clinged
held
holden
clung to
hung on to
cleft to
cloven to
hung on
clung on
clung on to
held fast
held fast to
held on
held tightly
kept a hold on
latched on
stuck
sticked
adhered
fastened
cleaved
bonded
hew
hewed
bound
cohered
hugged
stayed put
stuck like glue
hewn
bounden
affixed
clung like ivy
tacked
glued
hanged
held on like bulldog
pasted
stuck fast
stuck on
remained
hung onto
embraced
frozen to
hung
twined
welded
fixed
stuck to
coupled
secured
froze to
stuck like a barnacle
united
gummed
snagged
fixt
linked
joined
connected
lodged
cemented
latched onto
stayed
fused
stuck together
grabbed
clinched
seized
squeezed
kept hold of
soldered
blended
blent
sealed
plastered
clogged
caught
taken
took
sticked fast to
bonded to
snatched
fastened together
enfolded
enclosed
enveloped
grabbed hold of
seized hold of
caught hold of
laid hold of
stuck like barnacle
laid hands on
held together
cohered to
joined together
held onto
latched on to
adhered to
gotten hold of
took a grip of
took hold of
got hold of
taken a grip of
taken hold of
more ❯
“
Hold on to
my hand tightly, so that even if you slip, you cannot fall.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to hold in one's mind, heart or imagination
held
holden
harbored
US
bore
beared
borne
cherished
harboured
UK
entertained
had
nursed
clung to
maintained
fostered
retained
brooded over
nurtured
possessed
imagined
considered
felt secretly
believed
regarded
embraced
nourished
treasured
sustained
preserved
kept alive
felt
kept in mind
supported mentally
cleft to
cloven to
developed
manifested
developt
showed
hugged
expressed
displayed
evinced
demonstrated
digested
thought of
devised
assimilated
cultivated
thought about
shown
known
knew
more ❯
“All I can do is
hold on to
the memories of a love we once shared.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to keep (something) going
kept
maintained
preserved
conserved
continued
nurtured
perpetuated
retained
saved
sustained
upheld
upholden
carried on
kept alive
kept going
kept up
kept possession of
reserved
held
withheld
detained
clung to
grasped
held back
hung on to
continued to have
kept hold of
cherished
held fast to
kept back
holden
possessed
had
owned
withholden
commanded
clutched on to
kept to oneself
cleft to
sat on
continued with
hold out on
refused to give
cloven to
held fast
gripped
refused
contained
husbanded
enjoyed
held out on
own
beared
clung
clinged
kept to
held to
hung in
persisted with
persevered with
kept going with
borne
bore
gone on with
went on with
more ❯
“I worry about the future. How long can we
hold on to
the old traditions?”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to attract and engage the attention or interest of
caught
engaged
attracted
absorbed
absorpt
captured
gripped
arrested
bewitched
captivated
drew
drawn
engrossed
gained
grabbed
held
holden
seized
won
riveted
rivetted
Verb
▲
Past tense for to embrace or hold someone or something tightly in one's arms
hugged
embraced
clasped
enfolded
cuddled
clutched
squeezed
grasped
enclasped
crushed
enveloped
cradled
strained
embosomed
clung
clinged
pressed
prest
gripped
locked
locken
snuggled
seized
accolled
canoodled
clinched
colled
nuzzled
spooned
clung to
held tight
held close
folded in arms
took in arms
taken in arms
held onto
kept close
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