All lay one's hands on synonyms

verb lay one's hands on

• catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• grab — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
• take — 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.
• grip — the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
• seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
• clutch — If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.
• snag — a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
• grasp — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
• snatch — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
• unearth — to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
• detect — To detect something means to find it or discover that it is present somewhere by using equipment or making an investigation.
• pinpoint — the point of a pin.
• spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
• discover — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
• station — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
• strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
• uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
• nab — to arrest or capture.
• capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
• secure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
• bag — A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.
• apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• nail — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
• arrest — 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.
• trap — a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
• occupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
• collar — The collar of a shirt or coat is the part which fits round the neck and is usually folded over.
• overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
• overpower — to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac.
• land — Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
• pluck — to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
• corral — In North America, a corral is a space surrounded by a fence where cattle or horses are kept.
• hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
• grapple — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
• glom — to steal.
• read — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
• position — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
• place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
• determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
• lay hold of — to seize or grasp
• snap up — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
• get one's hands on — (Idiomatic) To get; to obtain; to secure.
• come across — If you come across something or someone, you find them or meet them by chance.
• come upon — If you come upon someone or something, you meet them or find them by chance.
• ferret out — a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
• get at — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• hit upon — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
• meet with — to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter: I would meet him on the street at unexpected moments.