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Dear teachers,
Would you be kind enough to give me your considered opinion concerning the interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
"I say a horse at a gallop, Tom," returned the guard, leaving his hold of the door, and mounting nimbly to his place. (Ch. Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities")
leave one’s hold of = let go of
Tourism is beginning to lose its hold on many of its former middle class supporters.
lose one’s hold of = lose one’s influence
V.
Would you be kind enough to give me your considered opinion concerning the interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentences?
"I say a horse at a gallop, Tom," returned the guard, leaving his hold of the door, and mounting nimbly to his place. (Ch. Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities")
leave one’s hold of = let go of
Tourism is beginning to lose its hold on many of its former middle class supporters.
lose one’s hold of = lose one’s influence
V.
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