Verb: take hold of
- Take into your hands deliberately
"A crazy idea took hold of him";
- seize, prehend [archaic], clutch, take hold
- Affect
"Fear took hold of the prisoners";
- seize, clutch, get hold of, take hold
Derived forms: takes hold of, took hold of, taken hold of, taking hold of
Type of: engulf, get hold of, ingulf [archaic], overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, take