as in grip
the act or manner of holding she tried to maintain her tight handhold on the umbrella as the wind picked up

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Recent Examples of handhold The last handhold, maybe there's potential for what's going to happen with Tom as CEO,' or something like that. Clark Collis, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2023 Three proteins find handholds on CLOCK and BMAL1 around 10 p.m., silencing them and stripping them from the genome. Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023 This could also be a safety type of handhold between friends or a parent and child, Henderson explains. Jessica Migala, Women's Health, 14 Aug. 2023 The one finger handhold signals that the couple is super relaxed and comfortable with each other, says Donaldson. Jessica Migala, Women's Health, 14 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for handhold 

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“Handhold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handhold. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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