Synonyms of takes hold

takes hold

phrase

present tense third-person singular of take hold

as in works

to produce a desired effect

It was clear in the students' essays that her lessons had taken hold.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• works
• takes effect
• operates
• takes
• performs
• acts
• reacts
• results
• responds
• affects
• behaves
• influences
• pans out
• sways
• redounds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• backfires
• fizzles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of takes hold

The policy, however, risks a downshift in hiring and an uptick in the unemployment rate, though such fallout typically takes hold after a lag time lasting several months. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Teams where defensive leadership takes hold typically see meaningful drops in innovation metrics across the following year or two. — Jonathan H. Westover, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

As that evolution takes hold, people step out of the role of human glue. — Bryan Goode, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Many of the victims are poor, and his camera’s tour of Black Brazilian lives hints at a multifaceted cultural portrait not usually contained within the Brazilian cinema that takes hold in North America. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Sep. 2026

As Ricky adapts to his expanding worldview, a delirious new logic takes hold. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 July 2026

Once the story gathers everyone into the house and lets the mayhem start in earnest, an overall feeling of Gothic grimness and rotting-corpse griminess takes hold. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026

But if winter deliveries fall short and a drought takes hold, missing the December target could mark the beginning of a troublesome era. — Corey Schmidt july 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

Heat builds once again late in the week as a more typical midsummer pattern takes hold. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2026