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

As Bloomberg reports, those prospects are in free fall as the chaos takes hold. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 6 Nov. 2026

History shows more selling can follow in the near term, but a recovery eventually takes hold three months later. — Deena Zaidi,nick Wells, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

If that approach takes hold, readers can expect shorter guest lists, fewer back-to-back weekends and more counter-offers, like a coffee instead of a party or a January dinner instead of a December one. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026

If Coulter’s framing takes hold with home gardeners, native, nectar-heavy species such as milkweed, asters, coneflowers and butterfly bushes may show up in beds that used to be purely ornamental. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026

Advertisement Calm the scary feeling When fright takes hold, breathing techniques like 4-7-8 breathing or box breathing can soothe your nervous system. — Juli Fraga, Time, 29 Oct. 2026

And even as fall takes hold, slip skirts remain a de facto uniform for many female Manhattanites, from downtown tastemakers to Midtown investment bankers. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026

But when the humanoid gets to near-perfect human replication yet retains something robotic in its essence, an ickiness takes hold. — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Boaz’s family life is upturned just as the AIDs epidemic takes hold. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026