Search Result for "get_hold_of":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. get into one's hands, take physically;
- Example: "Take a cookie!"
- Example: "Can you take this bag, please"
[syn: take, get hold of]

2. be in or establish communication with;
- Example: "Our advertisements reach millions"
- Example: "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
[syn: reach, get through, get hold of, contact]

3. affect;
- Example: "Fear seized the prisoners"
- Example: "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"
- Example: "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
[syn: seize, clutch, get hold of]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

get hold of
    v 1: get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!";
         "Can you take this bag, please" [syn: take, get hold
         of]
    2: be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements
       reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he
       emigrated to Australia" [syn: reach, get through, get
       hold of, contact]
    3: affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized
       with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful
       disease" [syn: seize, clutch, get hold of]