have a hold upon

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

She was hesitating; the world did have a hold upon her.

The old man then treated them well, and she seemed to have a hold upon his affections.

Others are firmly fixed in our minds, with or without good reason, and have a hold upon us, whether they relate to matters of fact, or to principles of conduct, or are views of life and the world, or are prejudices, imaginations, or convictions.

It never occurred to me that he was lending me this money merely to have a hold upon me, and I thought it possible you might care for him.