Verb

• S: (v) take hold, take charge, take control (assume control)
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) head, lead (be in charge of) "Who is heading this project?"
• S: (v) chair, chairman (act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university) "She chaired the department for many years"
• S: (v) captain (be the captain of a sports team)
• S: (v) spearhead (be the leader of) "She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease"
• S: (v) take hold, take charge, take control (assume control)
• sentence frame
• S: (v) hold, take hold (have or hold in one's hands or grip) "Hold this bowl for a moment, please"; "A crazy idea took hold of him"