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All get hold of synonyms

get hold of
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verb get hold of

  • sit on — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
  • bone up — to study intensively
  • hit the books — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
  • come by — To come by something means to obtain it or find it.
  • drum up — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
  • get at — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • lay up — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
  • gobble up — to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
  • make use of — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
  • scrape together — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
  • scrape up — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
  • get one's hands on — (Idiomatic) To get; to obtain; to secure.
  • corner the market — dominate trade
  • take over — the act of taking.
  • bring around — If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
  • buy out — If you buy someone out, you buy their share of something such as a company or piece of property that you previously owned together.
  • lay hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • take up — the act of taking.
  • deal in — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
  • pay for — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
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