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All get hold of synonyms

get hold of
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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.
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