LAY HOLD OF

Taking

Get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of; lay by the heels, take prisoner; fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of.

Crosswords: LAY HOLD OF

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "LAY HOLD OF": To lay hold of. Additional references.

Afrikaans

vat (captivate, capture, catch, get, grapple, lay, pick, pick up, start off, take), optel (get, lay, pick, pick up, take), oppik (get, lay, pick, pick up, take), neem (accept, get, lay, pick, pick up, receive, take, take in). (various references)

Arabic 

‏أمسك (bite, catch, cradle, get hold of, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, refrain, withhold). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сграбчвам (catch hold of, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, hog, nab, nip, seize, snatch, swoop), хващам здраво. (various references)

Danish

tage op (get, pick up, take), tage (get, pick up, take). (various references)

Dutch

vatten (captivate, capture, catch, frame, get, grapple, grasp, pick up, realize, take, understand), pakken (captivate, capture, catch, clutch, get, grapple, pack, package, pick up, take, wrap up), oprapen (get, pick, pick up, pluck, take), nemen (get, pick up, take), aanvatten (get, pick up, take). (various references)

Esperanto

preni (get, pick up, take). (various references)

Faeroese

taka (conquer, detain, get, hold back, pick up, retain, take). (various references)

Finnish

tarrata (clutch, grab, grasp, seize), siepata (abduct, catch, grab, intercept, kidnap, seize, snatch), ottaa (draw, get, pick up, remove, take, take away, take off), anastaa (annex, appropriate, seize, usurp). (various references)

French

prendre. (various references)

Frisian

nimme (get, pick up, take). (various references)

German

nehmen (adopt, bereave, block, book, catch, charge, draw, engage, get, grasp, handle, have, hurdle, measure up, negotiate, overcome, pick up, relieve, seize, take, take away, take on, take out, to take, treat, use), fassen (apprehend, bite, captivate, capture, catch, contain, draw, express, feel, frame, gather, gather in, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, make, Mount, mounting, pass, pick up, seize, set, subsume, surround, take, take hold of, to subsume, touch, understand). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתפוס (apprehand, catch, cop, grasp, nab, occupy, seize, snatch, take). (various references)

Hungarian

vesz (bought, buy, get, oppress, pick up, press, purchase, squeeze, take, take over, taken, to buy, to commune, to fence, to gibe, to list, to nick, to put in an appearance, to re-enter, to scorn, to take, to wed, took), megragad (clutch, grab, grapple, grip, gripe, prey, seize, snatch, tackle, to apprehend, to clasp, to clench, to clinch, to clutch, to embrace, to fasten on, to grab at, to grab for, to grab hold of, to pounce, to seize, to seize on, to snatch, to tackle), megfog (captivate, capture, catch, grapple, grasp, palm, seize, seize on, taken, to clinch, to clutch, to corral, to entrap, to gaff, to grasp, to pin, to seize on, to take, took), kihasznál (parlay, take advantage of, to draw profit from, to exhaust, to exploit, to follow up, to milk, to play up, to trade on, to use up, to utilize, trade on, utilise, utilize). (various references)

Italian

prendere (assume, be taken, buy, captivate, capture, catch, charge, earn, employ, engage, fetch, gather, get, grapple, grasp, grip, have, lay, pick up, seize, subsume, take, take along, to take). (various references)

Manx

geddyn greim er. (various references)

Norwegian

ta (get, go, pick up, take). (various references)

Pig Latin

aylay oldhay ofay.(various references)

Polish

wziąć (get, pick up, take), brać (get, pick up, take). (various references)

Portuguese

tomar (abstract, get, pick up, take, take away, to drink, to get, to have, to take), tirar (abstract, bag, deduct, disbud, doff, drag out, force, get, get off, haul, iron out, lug, pick, pick up, pilfer, pluck, pull, pull off, pull out, put off, remove, rip, rub out, scour, take, take away, take off, take out, tear off, vail, withdraw, wrest), pegar (catch, get, grasp, grip, hold, nag, pick up, seize). (various references)

Romanian

lua (acquire, assume, assume a name, book, bring, catch, clasp, clear away, confiscate, conquer, contact, contract, draw, extract, finger, form, get, have, hire, interpret, jerk off, keep off, lay hands on, load, Mount, nim, pick, pick up, pocket, pouch, receive, snatch, start, take). (various references)

Russian 

схватить что-л., взять (get, pick up, take), вз�, завладеть чем-л., брать (get, jump, obtain, pick up, seize, take, take in, take on, taken). (various references)

Scottish

thoir (bring, compel, fetch, get, give, persuade, pick up, take, take : thoir air), gabh (accept, admit of, get, go, pick up, proceed, receive, sing, take). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uhvatiti (capture, catch his eye, collar, get, grab, grasp, grip, net, run down, seize). (various references)

Spanish

coger (accept, arrest, bag, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clutch, cop, develop, fetch, frig, gather, get, get hold of, go down, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hit off, hold, hook, hunch, imbibe, land, lift, nab, nail, nobble, pick, pick up, pinch, pluck, seize, take, take on, take out, take up, toss, touch, treat, trip, trip up, yank off), tomar (accept, catch, draw, draw in, drink, eat, engulf, get, have, impound, lift out, live, live off, live on, live through, pick up, receive, reduce, strike, swallow up, take, take in, take on, take out, take up, take upon, taking, throw out, to have, to take, touch, treat, understand), recoger (bring in, catch, collect, fold, furl, garner, gather, gather in, gather up, get, get in, glean, harvest, lift, pick, pick up, rake in, reap, reclaim, repossession, scavenge, scoop up, secure, take, take in, take up), buscar (ferret, fetch, forage for, get, go after, home in on, Hunt, hunt for, hunt out, hunt up, investigate, look, look for, look out, look out for, look round, look up, pick, pick up, prospect for, pursue, quest, scout for, scrounge around for, search, search after, search for, seek, seek after, seek for, take, to look for, turn up). (various references)

Sranan

teki (get, pick up, take). (various references)

Swedish

taga (get, pick up, take), ta tag i (catch hold of, seize), ta (carry, embrace, get, pick up, score, shoot, take, treat, wreak), gripa (apprehend, bite, capture, catch, claw, collar, embrace, hunt down, seize, snap up, take, touch), fatta tag i, fatta (catch, compass, conceive, cotton on, get, grasp, latch on to, pick up, savvy, see, seize, take, take in, understand). (various references)

Tagalog

kúnin (get, pick up, take). (various references)

Turkish

ele geçirmek (capture, conquer, corner, embrace, get, get hold of, hunt down, invade, pinch, possess oneself of, seize, take, take possession of, win), almak (accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, admit, assume, attain, borrow, buy, capture, collect, come in, conquer, divest smb. of, draw, enter on, enter upon, enucleate, excise, extract, fetch, gain, garner, get, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, let in, obtain, occupy, pick up, pull off, purchase, put on, receive, seat, seize, sweep off, take, take from, take in, take on, take over, take up, to buy, withdraw, wreak). (various references)

Ukrainian

хвататися, хватати. (various references)

Welsh

cymryd (accept, get, pick up, take). (various references)

Yucatec

bisik (get, pick up, take). (various references)

Zulu

-thatha (get, pick up, take). (various references)

adprehendam, adprehendant, adprehendat, adprehende, adprehendebam, adprehendens, adprehendensque, adprehendent, adprehendentes, adprehendentque, adprehendentur, adprehendere, adprehenderent, adprehenderint, adprehenderit, adprehenderunt, adprehendes, adprehendet, adprehendetur, adprehendi, adprehendissent, adprehendisset, adprehendit, adprehendite, adprehensa, adprehensam, adprehensi, adprehensis, adprehensoque, adprehensosque, adprehensum, adprehensumque, adprehensus, capere, carpo, conplectebuntur, conplectere, conplectimini, conplectuntur, conplexa, conplexus, conplexusque. (various references)

begietan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: aloofly.

-3 letters: dhooly, halloo, holloa, loofah.

-4 letters: ahold, aldol, allod, alloy, aloof, dally, dolly, dooly, flood, folly, hallo, holla, hollo, holly, hoody, hooly, loofa, loyal, yahoo.

-5 letters: ahoy, ally, dahl, dhal, doll, fado, fall, flay, foal, fold, food, fool, half, hall, halo, hold, holy, hood, hoof, hoya, hyla, lady, load, loaf, loof, odyl, ofay.

+2 letters: foolhardily.