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obtain
verb as in get, acquire
Strongest matches
access, achieve, attain, collect, earn, gain, gather, glean, have, pick up, procure, purchase, reach, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, secure, seize, take, win
Strong matches
accomplish, annex, capture, compass, cop, corral, effect, fetch, grab, hoard, inherit, invade, nab, occupy, pocket, salvage, save, score, snag, wangle
Weak matches
beg borrow or steal, chalk up, come by, drum up, get at, get hold of, get one's hands on, gobble up, lay up, make use of, scrape together, scrape up
Example Sentences
In order to extend their legal residence in the United States, they had to obtain other visas.
Rebels in Africa trade in children to fund their conflicts and obtain child soldiers.
That McCulloch failed to obtain an indictment of Wilson means only one thing: He did not want to obtain an indictment.
The investigation stems from Dec. 2013 charges that 25 Russian diplomats allegedly tried to obtain fraudulent Medicaid benefits.
The interview then shifts to interrogation, which is a conversation intended to obtain inculpatory statements.
The worst loss is that of Winston's ear; high principles won't obtain high explosives.
The startled operators at Umballa could obtain no further intelligence and the boy was slain at his post.
In the course of time, absolution for the sacrilege was obtained from the Pope; but my father could never obtain it from himself.
Yet there never was lacking a volunteer, either man or woman, to go to that well and obtain the precious water.
Allcraft took care to obtain the consent of Bellamy to his arrangement.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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