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catching hold

catching hold is the present participle and gerund of catch hold.

Meaning of catch hold

Verb

catch hold (third-person singular simple present catches hold, present participle catching hold, simple past and past participle caught hold)

  1. Synonym of grab hold.
    Synonyms:
    grab hold

Questions about catching hold

What is catching hold the present participle and gerund of?
Catching hold is the present participle and gerund of catch hold.

Words near catching hold in the dictionary

  1. catching fire
  2. catching flies
  3. catching hands
  4. catching heat
  5. catching hell
  6. catching hold
  7. catching in 4k
  8. catching in possession
  9. catching it
  10. catching it in the neck
  11. catching lacking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catching hold (page history and authors); catch hold (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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