Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took hold

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English

Syllables
took hold
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of take hold

Questions

What does took hold mean?
simple past of take hold

How to pronounce took hold

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “took hold”.
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