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All get hold of antonyms

get hold of
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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.
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