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GET HOLD OF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affect
Example:
He was seized with a dreadful disease
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "get hold of" is one way to...):
overcome; overpower; overtake; overwhelm; sweep over; whelm (overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be in or establish communication with
Example:
He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia
Synonyms:
contact; get hold of; get through; reach
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "get hold of" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get hold of"):
ping (send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active)
ping (contact, usually in order to remind of something)
raise (establish radio communications with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Get into one's hands, take physically
Example:
Can you take this bag, please
Synonyms:
get hold of; take
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get hold of"):
clutch; prehend; seize (take hold of; grab)
seize (take or capture by force)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The children get hold of the ball
