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Verb: take hold of
  1. Take hold of so as to seize, restrain or stop the motion of
    "take hold of the ball!";
    - catch, grab

Derived forms: takes hold of, taking hold of, took hold of, taken hold of

Type of: clutch, prehend [archaic], seize