Search Result for "taking hold":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles);
[syn: grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

taking hold
    n 1: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the
         tentacles) [syn: grasping, taking hold, seizing,
         prehension]