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THESAURUS
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RELATED WORDS : all get out cargo hold choke hold get get a line get a load get a look get a noseful get a whiff get about get across get ahead get along get along with get around get around to get at get away get away with get back get back at get behind get by get cracking get down get dressed get even get even with get going get hitched with get hold get in get in touch get in touch with get into get it get it on get it over get laid get married get moving get off get off the ground get on get on with get one's lumps get onto get out get out of get over get rid of get rolling get started get stuck get the best get the better of get the goods get the hang get the hang of get the jump get the picture get through get to get to be get to grips get together get under one's skin get up get weaving get well get wind get wise get with it get word get worse hold hold back hold by hold cheap hold close hold dear hold down hold everything hold fast hold firm hold forth hold good hold in hold in contempt hold off hold office hold on hold one's own hold open hold out hold out on hold over hold still for hold sway hold the line hold tight hold together hold true hold up hold water hold with hold your horses scissor hold scissors hold strangle hold take hold take hold of taking hold toe hold wrestling hold

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb get hold of has 3 senses

• get hold of(v = verb.contact) take - get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"
Sample sentence:
The children get hold of the ball

• get hold of(v = verb.communication) contact, get through, reach - be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

• get hold of(v = verb.cognition) clutch, seize - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
is one way to overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody

THESAURUS

get hold of

abduct, absorb, annex, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, assimilate, be informed, be with one, become acquainted with, broaden the mind, carry off, catch, catch on, comprehend, conceive, cram the mind, determine, dig, digest, discover, fathom, find, find out, find out about, follow, gain knowledge, get, get at, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, glom on to, grab, grasp, have, have it taped, ken, kidnap, know, lay hands on, learn, learn about, load the mind, master, pick up information, read, realize, savvy, seize, seize the meaning, sense, shanghai, take, take in, take over, take possession, take up, throttle, understand

ROGET THESAURUS

get hold of

Acquisition

VB acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather, collect, pick, pickup, glean, find, come upon, pitch upon, light upon, scrape up, scrape together, get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure, derive, draw, get in the harvest, profit, make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit, turn to profit, turn to account, make capital out of, make money by, obtain a return, reap the fruits of, reap an advantage, gain an advantage, turn a penny, turn an honest penny, make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill, make money, coin money, raise money, raise funds, raise the wind, fill one's pocket, treasure up, realize, clear, produce, take, get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy, redeem, come by one's own, come by, come in for, receive, inherit, step into a fortune, step into the shoes of, succeed to, get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at, take possession, come into possession, enter into possession, be profitable, pay, answer, accrue.

Taking

VB take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept, reap, crop, cull, pluck, gather, draw, appropriate, expropriate, impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution, intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off, adeem, abstract, hurry off with, run away with, abduct, steal, ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault, snatch, reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up, kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize, deduct, retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from, extort, deprive of, bereave, disinherit, cut off with a shilling, oust, divest, levy, distrain, confiscate, sequester, sequestrate, accroach, usurp, despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home, drain, drain to the dregs, gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up, absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake, resume, recover.

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