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All get hold of synonyms

get hold of
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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.
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