have a hold upon

Example Sentences

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But if he wrongs you, you have a hold upon him, you can call him to account through his group.

From A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia by Kendall, Elizabeth Kimball

It is true that I have a hold upon him; but then I am completely at his mercy.

From File No. 113 by Gaboriau, Émile

Already he claimed to have a hold upon it, and who had a better right than he to live there rent free?

From Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel by Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold

“And because of that she will have a hold upon you while you live.”

From The Greater Power by Dunton, W. Herbert

Make a popular audience laugh, and you have a hold upon its attention.

From Denzil Quarrier by Gissing, George