get hold of
idiom
variants
or chiefly US get a hold of
1
: to get possession of (something) : to succeed in getting (something)
Somehow she managed to get hold of the band's new album before it came out.
Where did you get hold of that idea?
2
: to find and talk to (someone) : to contact (someone)
I need to talk to my lawyer, but I haven't been able to get hold of him.
I've been trying to get a hold of my lawyer for days.
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Experts were at times flummoxed and impressed by how Lively managed to get hold of the text messages in the absence of a lawsuit.
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Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
At the most basic level, the chances of getting hold of new releases have improved significantly.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Years later, General Michael Hagee, who was the commandant of the Marine Corps at the time of the shootings, bragged to an oral historian that the press still hadn’t got hold of graphic photos of the killings’ aftermath.
—Parker Yesko, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Shortly after the strike on central Ukraine last week, Ukraine's Interfax news agency reported that Kyiv was working on getting hold of upgrades to Patriot systems or a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, known as THAAD, citing anonymous sources in Ukraine's military command.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
At the most basic level, the chances of getting hold of new releases have improved significantly.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Years later, General Michael Hagee, who was the commandant of the Marine Corps at the time of the shootings, bragged to an oral historian that the press still hadn’t got hold of graphic photos of the killings’ aftermath.
—Parker Yesko, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Shortly after the strike on central Ukraine last week, Ukraine's Interfax news agency reported that Kyiv was working on getting hold of upgrades to Patriot systems or a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, known as THAAD, citing anonymous sources in Ukraine's military command.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Get hold of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20hold%20of. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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