get hold of

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get hold of (third-person singular simple present gets hold of, present participle getting hold of, simple past got hold of, past participle (UK) got hold of or (US) gotten hold of)

  1. (transitive) To obtain.
    • 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, pages 54–55:
      However, a Carlisle newspaper got hold of the story, and at the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company, held on March 17, 1863, a shareholder, Mr. Meiklem, questioned the Chairman, Lt.-Col. Salkeld, regarding a "Chase of Engines," described in the newspaper article. The Chairman admitted that the statements made in the article were perfectly true.
    • 1987, Withnail and I:
      Withnail: I want to stop and get hold of a child.
  2. (transitive) To pick up or grab.
  3. (transitive) To contact (a person).
    Get hold of John and tell him the meeting's been canceled.
  4. (transitive) To control or stabilize (oneself).
    Get hold of yourself!

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