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

Mazzoli shifts themes to a darker register as addiction takes hold and the music turns to electronica by DJ Blume and Lorna Dune for teenagers’ raves, mixed into the Scottish Opera Orchestra. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 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

The company may be showing some signs of financial stabilization, but sustaining a turnaround will depend on whether change takes hold throughout the entire organization. — Andrew Staples, Fortune, 3 July 2026

Baltimore will already be around 90° by noon as the hot weather pattern takes hold of the forecast. — Rachael Jay, CBS News, 30 June 2026

With his last film exploring Goodbye Julia exploring the events of 2011 when South Sudan broke away from the north, his new drama is set in Sudan in 1983 as Sharia Law takes hold. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 June 2026