单词 | to take rank hold |
释义 | > as lemmasto take rank hold b. U.S. Of a grip: firm, tight. Apparently only in to take rank hold. ΚΠ 1822 N. Amer. Rev. July 206 The practice of bundling (which has taken such rank hold of the susceptible minds of the English tourists in America). 1848 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Rank, strong, clinching. Take rank hold. 1860 S. E. Todd Young Farmer's Man. 427 At every revolution [of a circular saw] one side will sometimes take such a rank hold as to produce a jar. 1921 Robesonian (Lumberton, N. Carolina) 27 Oct. 2/3 Measures to prevent the infliction of the death penalty have certainly taken rank hold in North Carolina. 1970 Denton (Texas) Record-Chron. 23 Apr. 11/1 They..feel the desire to take a rank hold on life through hunting. < as lemmas |
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