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. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Hamidullah Khadam:

   Dollars have always gone from Afghanistan to Iran, especially through Herat, but it's really increased as the toman has fallen, the Iranians are trying everything to get hold of dollars and they've been very active about it.

5. 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.