what does get hold of mean?
GET HOLD OF as VERB
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- Fear seized the prisoners
- The patient was seized with unberable pains
- He was seized with a dreadful disease
Hypernyms(s) get hold of is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- be in or establish communication with
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- Our advertisements reach millions
- He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia
Hypernyms(s) get hold of is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- get into one’’s hands, take physically
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- Take a cookie!
- Can you take this bag, please
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