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Get hold of has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

get into one's hands, take physically

"Take a cookie!"

"Can you take this bag, please"

2

be in or establish communication with

"Our advertisements reach millions"

"He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

3

affect

"Fear seized the prisoners"

"The patient was seized with unbearable pains"

"He was seized with a dreadful disease"

4

To obtain.

Example Sentences
"Take a cookie!" verb
"Can you take this bag, please" verb
"Our advertisements reach millions" verb
"He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" verb
"Fear seized the prisoners" verb
"The patient was seized with unbearable pains" verb
"He was seized with a dreadful disease" verb
See Also
control obtain stabilize
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
communicate overwhelm
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
seize ping raise
Rhyming Words
as of two of end of one of out of way of off of set of all of day of act of son of lot of sort of tune of tire of kind of care of feel of best of
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