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1. Get into one's hands, grasp physically
   "get hold of a cookie!";
   - take
    
2. Be in or establish communication with
   "Our advertisements get hold of millions";
   - reach, get through, contact
    
3. Affect
   "Fear got hold of the prisoners";
   - seize, clutch

Derived forms: gets hold of, got hold of, getting hold of

Type of: communicate, intercommunicate, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over