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Julia Huong
2022-02-14 10:02
Take hostage Verb + object/complement
To kidnap someone and hold them as a hostage.
The terrorists are taking three men hostage.
Six foreign businessmen were taken hostage by a rebel group.
To exert restraint and limit control over something in order to create leverage and achieve a goal.
The investors took investment funds hostage to intrude their opinion upon the investee companies.
a person who is easily deceived or manipulated to do something, especially giving someone money.
1. To seize or take control of someone, something, or some place with a sudden and fierce attack
2. To gain a rapid and great fame or success in a place, a field or a particular group of people
To be under the control of someone or something
To have someone completely under your control
The verb "take" should be conjugated according to its tense.
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