firm, tight
He still had me in a tight hold.

catch, get, grab, grasp, seize, take
Take hold of the handle and give it a hard pull.

have, keep
He kept a firm hold on my hand.

lose
He lost his hold on the rock and was swept away by the tide.

tighten
loosen, relax, release
She finally released her hold on me.

hold on
He tightened his hold on her.

firm, powerful, secure, strong, tight
He still has a firm hold on the party.

fragile, precarious, tenuous, weak
Her hold on power was now quite tenuous.

have
maintain
lose
The allies lost their hold on the south of the country.

consolidate, increase, strengthen, tighten
Enemy forces have consolidated their hold on the northern province.

break, loosen, weaken
an attempt to break the hold of the Church

hold on
This had weakened his hold on power.

hold over
He no longer had any hold over her.

firmly, securely, tightly
carefully
gently, loosely

commonly, widely
This view is not widely held.

deeply, firmly, strongly
deeply held religious beliefs

privately, publicly
privately held views

Hold is used with these nouns as the subject:
analogy, archive, auditorium, bag, boat, bowl, box, bucket, ceasefire, clip, closet, computer, container, court, disk, eye, future, gaze, hand, judge, library, luck, maxim, pail, rack, shelf, store, theory, tradition, truce, vase, weather, wisdom

Hold is used with these nouns as the object:
account, animosity, appeal, appointment, arm, assembly, asset, association, attention, attraction, auction, audition, axe, baby, bag, ball, ballot, banner, banquet, bat, baton, belief, bouquet, bow, breath, briefcase, briefing, bundle, card, cash, castle, celebration, ceremony, certificate, chair, championship, charm, citizenship, class, clinic, clue, collection, competition, composure, concert, conference, congress, consultation, contest, convention, conversation, conviction, copyright, court martial, dance, data, debate, degree, demonstration, dialogue, dinner, diploma, discussion, dividend, doctorate, driving licence, edge, election, enquiry, evening, event, exhibition, expectation, expression, fair, fascination, feast, festival, file, final, fire, fort, fortress, forum, franchise, function, gala, game, gathering, gaze, grenade, grudge, gun, hand, handbag, head, hearing, hope, hostage, idea, initiative, inquest, interview, key, knife, land, lantern, lead, lease, lecture, licence, line, liquor, lottery, luncheon, majority, malice, march, market, meet, meeting, membership, memorial, memory, misconception, moisture, monopoly, mortgage, mystery, news conference, note, office, opinion, parade, party, passport, patent, permit, phone, place, position, post, post-mortem, potential, power, prejudice, presidency, press conference, prisoner, promise, property, purse, qualification, quiz, race, raffle, rally, rank, rate, receiver, reception, record, referendum, rehearsal, rein, resentment, retreat, reunion, review, right, ritual, rope, round, sale, seat, secret, security, seminar, service, session, shape, share, shield, shotgun, show, spear, spoon, stereotype, stick, stock, stomach, stretch, suitcase, summit, surgery, suspect, sword, talk, tenancy, territory, theory, ticket, title, tongue, torch, tournament, trial, trophy, tune, umbrella, value, view, viewpoint, vigil, vote, weight, wheel, whip, workshop