All get hold of synonyms
get hold of
G g verb get hold of
- dominate β to rule over; govern; control.
- appropriate β Something that is appropriate is suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.
- persuade β to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- find β to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- draw β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- induce β to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- patronize β to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- truck β a shuffling jitterbug step.
- market β an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- pull β pull media
- derive β If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them.
- assume β If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- arrogate β If someone arrogates to themselves something such as a responsibility or privilege, they claim or take it even though they have no right to do so.
- perceive β to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- apprehend β If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- pull down β designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
- come into β If someone comes into some money, some property, or a title, they inherit it.
- pull in β to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- carry off β If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
- carve out β to make or create (a career)
- lay hold of β to seize or grasp
- come at β If a person or animal comes at you, they move towards you in a threatening way and try to attack you.
- come up to β To be coming up to a time or state means to be getting near to it.
- go on β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- hold out 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.
- put out β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- feel for β to perceive or examine by touch.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- go to β functioning properly and ready: two minutes before the satellite is to be launched and all systems are go.
- roll on β to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- shake hands β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- rack up β ruin or destruction; wrack.
- latch onto β a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- lock up β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- scare up β to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- check out β When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave.
- learn the ropes β become familiar with sth
- catch on β If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
- get the hang of β to understand the technique of doing something
- look-see β a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
- make sure β free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- pick up on β to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- size up β the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything: the size of a farm; the size of the fish you caught.
- round up β having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- acquire β If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
- arrive β When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
- reach β to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- chalk up β If you chalk up a success, a victory, or a number of points in a game, you achieve it.
- take in β the act of taking.