HyperDic: get_hold_of

English > 3 senses of the expression *get hold of*:
VERB	contact	get hold of, take	get into one's hands, take physically
	communication	get hold of, reach, get through, contact	be in or establish communication with
	cognition	get hold of, seize, clutch	affect

English > *get hold of*: 3 senses > verb 1, contact
Meaning	Get into one's hands, take physically.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Model	The children get hold of the ball
Synonym	take
Narrower	seize, prehend, clutch	take hold of
Narrower	seize	Take or capture by force
Spanish	agarrar, asir, coger, tomar
Catalan	agafar, prendre

English > *get hold of*: 3 senses > verb 2, communication
Meaning	Be in or establish communication with.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	reach, get through, contact
Narrower	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
Broader	communicate, intercommunicate	transmit thoughts or feelings
Spanish	contactar
Catalan	contactar

English > *get hold of*: 3 senses > verb 3, cognition
Meaning	affect.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	seize, clutch
Broader	overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake	Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

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