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1) to stop and (usually) get hold of (a person or thing) between the starting-point and destination (intercept)

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Meaning:
acquire

to get or gain (something) by work, skill or ability, by one's own efforts or behaviour

obtain or receive

ascertain

to find out (something)(in order to be certain)

make sure

collect

a short Christian prayer to be said on certain days

accumulate, come together

had

of have

be in possession

has

of have

be in possession

have

(used with the past participle of another verb (e.g. moved, done) to form) a: the present perfect tense, b: the past perfect tense, c: the future perfect tense, d: the perfect conditional tense

be in possession

obtain

to get (something) (the usual word); (of rules, customs) to be established or in use

get, acquire

possess

to own (something); to influence (a person, mind)

have or obtain

procure

to obtain (something), especially with care or effort

acquire, obtain

receive

to accept, take, get, (something offered, sent etc)

accept delivery of something

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