take hold of



acquire, adhere, bunch, capture, catch, claim, clasp, cleave, clinch, cling, cling to, clot, cluster, clutch, coagulate,

   still more - above all, chiefly, especially, even, ever so, indeed, mainly, mostly, no end, particularly, peculiarly, predominantly, primarily, still, yea ,

   obstructionism - arrest, blockade, check, closure, constriction, cramp, delay, detention, fixation, hampering, hold-up, impediment, inhibition, interference, interruption,

   managerial - agentive, chief, commanding, controlling, directing, directive, directorial, directory, functional, governing, guiding, head, leading, managing, operational,

   gram-positive bacteria - amoeba, anaerobe, bacillus, bacteria, bug, coccus, fungus, germ, micro-organism, microbe, mould, moulder, mouldy, pathogen, spirochaete,

   settle upon - account for, accredit with, acknowledge, apply to, ascribe to, assign to, attach to, attribute to, blame, blame for, blame on, bless with, bring home to, charge on, charge to,

   undefended - bare-handed, defenceless, helpless, unarmed, unattended, uncovered, unfortified, unguarded, unprotected, unscreened, unsheltered, unshielded, unsuspecting, unwatched, weaponless ,

   rumbustious - disorderly, obstreperous, raucous, riotous, rowdy, termagant, tumultuous, turbulent, unruly ,

   bond of matrimony - alliance, bed, cohabitation, intermarriage, match, matrimony, misalliance, miscegenation, mixed marriage, union, wedlock ,

   psychoanalysis - analysis, analytical psychology, association psychology, behaviourism, depth psychology, structuralism ,

   lustre - abundant year, academic year, afterglow, air glow, annum, aura, be bright, beacon, beam, bedazzle, blaze, blaze of glory, blind, brightness, brilliance,