All get hold of antonyms
get hold of
G g verb get hold of
- disperse β to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- scatter β to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- misunderstand β to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- forfeit β a fine; penalty.
- release β to lease again.
- forgo β to abstain or refrain from; do without.
- relinquish β to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- surrender β to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- spend β to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- throw away β to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- yield β to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
- disprove β to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- invalidate β to render invalid; discredit.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- unsettle β to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist β If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- dissemble β to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
- disseminate β to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- share β a plowshare.
- separate β to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- spread β to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- dispense β to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
- distribute β to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- compensate β To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.
- meed β a reward or recompense.
- lack β something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
- need β a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- dispute β to engage in argument or debate.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- dispossess β to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
- forsake β to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.