powerful hold

Frequency: 6.57.1 per million words

having great influence or control over someone or something

holdADJECTIVE + hold

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Examples (10)

  • The company has a powerful hold on the market.
  • His charismatic personality gave him a powerful hold over his followers.
  • The dictator maintained a powerful hold on the nation for decades.
  • Social media often has a powerful hold on young people's opinions.
  • She felt her past had a powerful hold on her present decisions.
  • The old traditions still exert a powerful hold on the community.
  • Despite the changes, the family legacy held a powerful hold on him.
  • The organization gained a powerful hold on key industries.
  • Fear can have a powerful hold on an individual's actions.
  • The influential leader had a powerful hold over the political agenda.