[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]