Usually means: Grasp or seize firmly, physically.
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  1. lay hold of: Merriam-Webster
  2. lay hold of: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lay hold of: Collins English Dictionary
  4. lay hold of: Wiktionary

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  1. lay hold of: Legal dictionary

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  1. lay hold of: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (lay hold of)

verb:  (transitive) To seize; catch; apprehend.
verb:  (transitive) To obtain.

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