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English verb: get hold of | |||
| 1. | get hold of (contact) get into one's hands, take physically | ||
| Samples | Take a cookie!. Can you take this bag, please. | ||
| Examples | The children get hold of the ball | ||
| Synonyms | take | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clutch, prehend, seize, seize | ||
| 2. | get hold of (communication) be in or establish communication with | ||
| Samples | Our advertisements reach millions. He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia. | ||
| Synonyms | contact, get through, reach | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ping, ping, raise | ||
| 3. | get hold of (cognition) affect | ||
| Samples | Fear seized the prisoners. The patient was seized with unbearable pains. He was seized with a dreadful disease. | ||
| Synonyms | clutch, seize | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm | ||
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