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n.
grip
1) to catch, get, grab, lay, seize, take ~ of
2) to keep ~ of
3) to relax one's ~
4) a firm, strong ~
type of wrestling grip
5) to break a ~
control, domination
6) to relinquish one's ~
7) a ~ over (they refused to relinquish their ~ over this area)
waiting, esp. on the telephone
8) to put smb. on ~
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v.
1) ('to keep') to ~ high (to ~ one's head high; also fig .)
2) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ against ('to take into account') (we will not ~ your past blunders against you; they held his criminal record against him)
3) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ onto ('to seize and cling to') (~ onto my arm)
4) ( d ; intr. ) ('to adhere') to ~ to (to ~ to the terms of a contract)
5) ( d ; tr. ) ('to make smb. adhere') to ~ to (they held us to the terms of the contract)
6) ( d ; tr. ) ('to restrict') to ~ to (we held the visiting team to a tie)
7) ( d ; intr. ) ('to agree') to ~ with (I don't ~ with his ideas)
8) ( L ) ('to assert') we ~ that these truths are self-evident
9) ( M ) ('to consider') we ~ him to be responsible
10) ( N ; used with an adjective) ('to consider'); ('to keep') to ~ smb. responsible; she held the ladder steady; they ~ life cheap
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n.
interior of a ship below decks
in the ~