Get Hold

Definition: Get Hold

Get Hold

Verb

1. Get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter".

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Synonyms: Get Hold

Acquisition

Get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at; take possession, come into possession, enter into possession.

Belief

Think, hold; take, take it; opine, be of opinion, conceive, trow, ween, fancy, apprehend; have it, hold a belief, possess, entertain a belief, adopt a belief, imbibe a belief, embrace a belief, get hold of a belief, hazard, foster, nurture a belief, cherish a belief, have an opinion, hold an opinion, possess, entertain an opinion, adopt an opinion, imbibe an opinion, embrace an opinion, get hold of an opinion, hazard an opinion, foster an opinion, nurture an opinion, cherish an opinion; n.

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: Get Hold

If I could only get hold of the fellow that's hoisting it. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "get hold": get hold of ♦ get hold of oneself ♦ get hold the wrong end of the stick. Additional references.

Albanian

kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملك (get hold of, have, hold, king, monarch, own, ownership, possess, possession, prince, property, reign, rejoice, sovereign), ‏نجز (accomplish, achieve, be executed, compass, complete, do, encompass, execute, finalize, finish, fulfil, fulfill, gain, get hold of, get on, implement, negotiate, perfect, perform, polish off, pull off, put across, realize), ‏قبض (catch, constrict, constriction, contraction, get hold of, grasp, pinch, seizure, taking), ‏أمسك (bite, catch, cradle, get hold of, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, lay hold of, refrain, withhold), ‏أحرز (achieve, acquire, attain, get hold of, obtain). (various references)

Chinese 

搞 (to do, to get hold of, to go in for, to make, to set up, to take care of). (various references)

Czech

zmocnit se èeho (get a hold of, get hold of), uchopit (clench, clutch, get, get hold of, grasp, grip, seize, take, take up), popadnout (get hold of, grab, grasp, grip, seize, snatch, snatch up, tackle, whip up). (various references)

Finnish

tavoittaa (catch, catch up with, find reach, overtake, try to catch, try to get hold of), päästä käsiksi johonkin (get at, get hold of, get to grips with). (various references)

French

saisir (get hold of), remonter (get hold of), réaliser (get hold of, get on), empoigner (get hold of), détenir (get hold of). (various references)

German

erwischen (captivate, capture, catch, cop, cope, get, get hold of, grapple, make, nab, to get hold of). (various references)

Hebrew 

לאחוז (catch, connect, fasten, get hold of, grasp, grip, hold, port, seize), ל�"שי�' (accomplish, achieve, acquire, angle, attain, catch hold of, come by, comprehend, fetch, gain, get hold of, grasp, land, obtain, procure, question, reach, secure), לרכוש (acquire, appropriate, catch hold of, collect, come by, get hold of, obtain, pick up, procure, purchase, secure). (various references)

Hungarian

szert tesz vmire (to get hold of sg), szerez vmit (to click, to get hold of sg, to rustle sg), megszerez vmit (to enter into possession of sg, to get hold of sg, to get on to sg, to rustle sg, to take possession of sg), elér (accomplish, achieve, attain, gain, get, get at, get hold of, got, made, overtake, reach, to attain, to chalk up, to come up with, to get, to make, to realize), birtokába jut vminek (to get hold of sg, to step into), befolyása alatt tart vkit (to get hold of sy). (various references)

Italian

pescare (draw out, fish, fish for, get hold of, root out). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

金が手に入る (to get hold of money). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かねがてにはいる (to get hold of money). (various references)

Pig Latin

etgay oldhay.(various references)

Portuguese

surpreender (amaze, astonish, astound, catch, come upon, daze, get hold of, overtake, startle, surprise, surprising, take by surprise), capturar (arrest, capture, carry, catch, collar, get hold of, grapple, prize, seize), atingir (accomplish, achieve, arrive, attain, catch, culminate, gain, get, get around, get hold of, hit, import, measure up to, overtake, reach, run, run across, run to, smite, strike, touch), agarrar (capture, catch, clasp, cling, clutch, get hold of, grab, grabble, grapple, grasp, gripe, hold, lay hands on, seize, twitch). (various references)

Romanian

pune mâna pe (catch hold of, get, get hold of, gripe, hook, impound, jog, land, nab, pot, seize, seize hold of), prinde (acquire, apprehend, attach, bind, book, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clasp, clot, comprehend, cop, Curdle, engage, ferret, find out, fish, fix, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, grow, hang, have, hit, hitch, intercept, nail, nip, overhear, pin down, reach, recruit, regain, round up, seize, set, shut, stitch, strike, succeed, tack, take, tie, work), face rost de (get hold of, obtain, procure, secure), înşfãca (get hold of, grab, grasp, gripe, nab, nail, snap, snatch). (various references)

Russian 

схватить (capture, catch, clutch, get, get hold of, grapple, gripe, nab, nail, nip, seize, snap up, snatch, tackle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

kontaktirati (contact, get hold of, make contact), dobiti (acquire, get, get hold of, get in, obtain, receive, win). (various references)

Spanish

tomar control sobre (get hold of, take control), conseguir (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, bring off, come by, compass, enlist, gain, get, get hold of, getting, land, obtain, procure, pull off, purchase, put across, put over, score, succeed, walk in, win), 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, lay hold of, 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), agarrar (catch, catch hold of, clench, clutch, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hold, hold tight, lay hold of, lift, nail, pack, pinch, seize, snatch up, tackle, take, take on, touch). (various references)

Swedish

få tag i (come across, find, get hold of, latch on to, obtain, track). (various references)

Turkish

yanlış anlamak (be at cross-purposes, get hold the wrong end of the stick, get it wrong, get the wrong sow by the ear, misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, mistake, misunderstand, take a word in the wrong sense, take amiss), yakasına yapışmak (buttonhole, collar, get hold of, take smb. by the scruff of the neck), yakalamak (account, bag, catch, catch hold of, catch up on, claw hold of, clutch, collar, cop, embrace, entrap, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nobble, overtake, pinch, pull up to, seize, seize on, snap up, snatch, tackle, take, take up, trap), tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), ters anlamak (get hold the wrong end of the stick, get it wrong, give a wrench to, misunderstand, spell backward, take a word in the wrong sense, take amiss, wrench, wrest from meaning), kendini tutmak (contain oneself, forbear, get hold of oneself, hold back, hold in, keep calm, keep from, possess oneself, refrain, restrain oneself), kendine hakim olmak (be poised, get hold of oneself, possess oneself), kavramak (absorb, apperceive, appreciate, apprehend, bite, catch, catch on, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, come home, compass, comprehend, conceive, cup, dawn on, digest, discern, fathom, get, get a grip, get hold of, grasp, grip, hold, latch on to, nail, perceive, pick up, realize, see into, seize, sum up, twig, understand), ele geçirmek (capture, conquer, corner, embrace, get, get hold of, hunt down, invade, lay hold of, pinch, possess oneself of, seize, take, take possession of, win), bağlantı kurmak (corelate, establish a connection with, get hold of, link, link up, make contact, relate, tap). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: tholed.

-2 letters: dhole, doeth, godet, helot, holed, hotel, lodge, ogled, thole, toled.

-3 letters: delt, doge, dole, dolt, dote, doth, geld, gelt, gled, gold, held, helo, hoed, hold, hole, holt, lode, loge, loth, ogle, ohed, toed, told, tole.

-4 letters: del, doe, dog, dol, dot, edh, ego, eld, eth, ged, gel, get, god, got, het, hod.

+2 letters: eightfold.

+3 letters: outlaughed.

+4 letters: delightsome, halogenated, homologated, longsighted, methodology, moonlighted, overlighted, spotlighted, theologised, theologized.

+5 letters: anthologized, doughnutlike, floodlighted, lithographed, mythologized, stranglehold.