Grip Phrases

Phrases

• Can't hold a candle to
• Carpe diem (latin expression meaning seize the day)
• Clamp down on
• Cop hold of that
• Don't hold your breath
• Fly off the handle
• Get a grip
• Get a handle on
• Get hold of the wrong end of the stick
• Get to grips with
• Get your hooks into something
• Grab a bite to eat
• Grab attention
• Grab life by the horns (Dodge Motors advertising slogan)
• Grasp the nettle
• Grip of death
• Gripping stuff
• Guards, seize him
• Handle to your name
• Handle with care
• Handle with kid gloves
• Handle yourself
• Hold a candle
• Hold a grudge
• Hold a gun to his head
• Hold a mirror up to nature
• Hold a mirror up to society
• Hold a torch
• Hold all the aces
• Hold all the cards
• Hold at bay
• Hold back on
• Hold court
• Hold down a job
• Hold everything
• Hold fast
• Hold forth
• Hold hands
• Hold hard
• Hold it
• Hold it right there
• Hold it up to the light, not a stain and shining light (Surf Washing Powder advertising slogan)
• Hold on
• Hold on a minute
• Hold on by your fingertips
• Hold on for dear life
• Hold on to your seat
• Hold out for
• Hold responsible
• Hold that thought
• Hold the field (- remain the most important)
• Hold the floor
• Hold the fort
• Hold the front page
• Hold the line
• Hold the phone
• Hold the purse strings
• Hold the ring
• Hold up
• Hold up your head
• Hold very tight please
• Hold water
• Hold with the hare and run with the hounds
• Hold your breath
• Hold your drink
• Hold your head up high
• Hold your horses
• Hold your nose
• Hold your own
• Hold your peace
• Hold your tongue
• How much can you handle (Bubble Tape advertising slogan)
• I Want To Hold Your Hand (Beatles song)
• If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me?
• In the grip of the grape
• It takes two hands to hold a Whopper (Burger King advertising slogan)
• Land grab
• Not going anywhere for a while? Grab a Snickers (Snickers advertising slogan)
• Please hold the line
• Screen grab
• Seize him
• Seize the day
• Short and curlies
• Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold (from a poem by Yeats)
• To have and to hold
• Too hot to handle
• You Really Got A Hold On Me (The Beatles and Smokey Robinson song)
• You can't handle the truth (A Few Good Men)