have a hold upon

Example Sentences

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It is true that I have a hold upon him; but then I am completely at his mercy.

From File No. 113 by Gaboriau, Émile

That is true," he said, with a sigh, "but they have a hold upon me.

From Amos Kilbright; His Adscititious Experiences by Stockton, Frank Richard

But if he wrongs you, you have a hold upon him, you can call him to account through his group.

From A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia by Kendall, Elizabeth Kimball

Already he claimed to have a hold upon it, and who had a better right than he to live there rent free?

From Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel by Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold

The old man then treated them well, and she seemed to have a hold upon his affections.

From The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west by Maclean, John