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. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.