get hold of

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verb

1. get into one's hands, take physically (Freq. 1)
- Take a cookie!
- Can you take this bag, please
• Syn:
take
• See Also:
take in (for: take), take on (for: take), take up (for: take), take away (for: take), take apart (for: take)
• Derivationally related forms:
taking (for: take)
• Hyponyms:
seize, prehend, clutch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- The children get hold of the ball
2. be in or establish communication with
- Our advertisements reach millions
- He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia
• Syn:
reach, get through, contact
• Derivationally related forms:
contact (for: contact)
• Hypernyms:
communicate, intercommunicate
• Hyponyms:
ping, raise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s (for: get through)
3. affect
- Fear seized the prisoners
- The patient was seized with unbearable pains
- He was seized with a dreadful disease
• Syn:
seize, clutch
• Derivationally related forms:
clutch (for: clutch)
• Hypernyms:
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody