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. 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.

2. Julius Young:

   It's further than I would have even imagined it. I mean, if I can't find my phone or if my phone is not beside me and I don't know where it's at, I thought I lost it, I feel like I've almost lost my life. Your whole life is on your phone and I wouldn't know anybody's numbers around me, I wouldn't be able to get ahold of Julius Young, I wouldn't be able to get hold of my wife or anybody if I didn't have my phone.

3. Birama Sissoko:

   There is a stock of ivory that circulates. If we can get hold of the ivory, we can work backwards until we get hold of the poachers.

4. Ernie Getto:

   I'm not aware of any circumstance where we haven't put boots on the ground [to] oversee the [aid] distributions. It would be hard for anyone to get hold of the shipments and misappropriate them, we have been audited externally – and everything we have been audited about has come out with a good result. I am not saying we are perfect but I think we are as close to it as an organization can get.

5. Anna Stoehr:

   She was not available when he had his assistant call to get hold of her because of a medical appointment, and then Mark Zuckerberg was out of the country so it never happened, but it was an exciting time for everyone with all the attention.