Synonyms for get hold of
get hold of

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1. take, get hold ofverb

   get into one's hands, take physically

   "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

   Synonyms:
   take on, demand, take in, shoot, get, call for, exact, take, pack, bring, acquire, read, involve, make, lease, guide, engage, lead, hire, necessitate, reach, select, have, occupy, strike, study, train, use up, assume, admit, pick out, need, adopt, subscribe to, deal, take aim, seize, clutch, postulate, claim, ingest, hold, carry, get through, contract, aim, require, fill, film, charter, drive, direct, ask, choose, subscribe, convey, submit, conduct, contact, take up, rent, take away, consider, accept, learn, withdraw, consume, contain, look at, remove

2. reach, get through, get hold of, contactverb

   be in or establish communication with

   "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

   Synonyms:
   adjoin, touch, attain, seize, strive, progress to, wrap up, come through, hit, arrive at, pass on, make, finish up, reach, take, meet, finish off, get to, polish off, penetrate, gain, mop up, fall into place, give, come home, while away, achieve, pass, clutch, dawn, click, clear up, turn over, sink in, accomplish, contact, reach out, strain, get across, extend to, get through, hand

3. seize, clutch, get hold ofverb

   affect

   "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"

   Synonyms:
   clutch, get through, arrogate, sequester, capture, appropriate, usurp, attach, prehend, hold tight, take, impound, assume, hold close, grab, confiscate, take over, seize, conquer, reach, contact, cling to

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1. Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic:

   This initiative is very important, not only for security in western Europe but also because of security in our countries, where we should work on a complete de-escalation, to try to get hold of as many illegal weapons as possible.

2. Prime Minister Andrej Babis:

   I have spoken about the Russian vaccine, and about the Chinese vaccine, with Chancellor Merkel, and the chancellor as well as the Bavarian prime minister are unambiguously calling for this vaccine to be approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), now of course the issue is whether the producer asks for the approval or not, and we of course want to consider, if we get hold of the vaccine, to go the similar way as Hungary did because time is of essence.

3. Blanca Rodriguez:

   In my area I have seen an explosion of abandoned animals, they have raised the price of pet food too much. You can still get hold of it, but now it is more difficult.

4. Gabo Arora:

   When people get hold of VR technology in the near future, those who may not have otherwise thought about such an issue will have Sidra's story there waiting for them.

5. Ben Embarek:

   What is important, what would be of great help, is to get hold of the virus before it adapted to humans, before the version we have now. Because then we would better understand how it adapted to humans, how it evolved, in terms of investigations, China has most probably, most likely, all the expertise needed to do these investigations. They have lot of very qualified researchers to that.