All get hold of synonyms
get hold of
G g verb get hold of
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- attain β If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort.
- learn β to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.
- acquire β If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
- buy β If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
- insure β to guarantee against loss or harm.
- assure β If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
- guarantee β a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- arrest β If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- lead β to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- contact β Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly.
- stand β (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- join β to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
- approach β When you approach something, you get closer to it.
- amass β If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it.
- earn β to gain or get in return for one's labor or service: to earn one's living.
- buy β If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- win β to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- pick up β to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- bring in β When a government or organization brings in a new law or system, they introduce it.
- gain β to make a gain or gains in.
- have β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- collect β If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- promote β to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- achieve β If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- find out β to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- confirm β If something confirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.
- verify β to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- determine β If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- divine β of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.
- double-check β a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
- compile β When you compile something such as a report, book, or programme, you produce it by collecting and putting together many pieces of information.
- assemble β When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
- save β to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- ascertain β If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
- include β to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
- receive β to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- accept β If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- admit β If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
- own β of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- carry β If you carry something, you take it with you, holding it so that it does not touch the ground.
- retain β to keep possession of.
- possess β to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.