get hold of

get hold of
verb
1. get into one's hands, take physically (Freq. 1)
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Take a cookie!

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Can you take this bag, please

• Syn: ↑take
• See Also: ↑take in (for: ↑take), ↑take on (for: ↑take), ↑take up (for: ↑take), ↑take away (for: ↑take), ↑take apart (for: ↑take)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑taking (for: ↑take)
• Hyponyms: ↑seize, ↑prehend, ↑clutch
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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The children get hold of the ball

2. be in or establish communication with
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Our advertisements reach millions

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He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia

• Syn: ↑reach, ↑get through, ↑contact
• Derivationally related forms: ↑contact (for: ↑contact)
• Hypernyms: ↑communicate, ↑intercommunicate
• Hyponyms: ↑ping, ↑raise
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s

 (for: ↑get through)
3. affect
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Fear seized the prisoners

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The patient was seized with unbearable pains

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He was seized with a dreadful disease

• Syn: ↑seize, ↑clutch
• Derivationally related forms: ↑clutch (for: ↑clutch)
• Hypernyms: ↑overwhelm, ↑overpower, ↑sweep over, ↑whelm, ↑overcome, ↑overtake
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s somebody

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1 I just can't get hold of saffron: OBTAIN, acquire, get, find, come by, pick up, procure; buy, purchase; informal get one's hands on.
2 I'll try to get hold of Mark: CONTACT, get in touch with, communicate with, make contact with, reach, notify; phone, call, speak to, talk to; Brit. ring (up), get on to.
→ hold

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get hold of
1. To obtain
2. To get in touch with
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Main Entry: ↑hold

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grasp (someone or something) physically
■ informal obtain

if you can't get hold of ripe tomatoes, add some tomato purée

■ informal find or manage to contact (someone)

I'll try and get hold of Mark

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get hold of — see ↑hold, 2
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Main Entry: ↑get
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get hold of (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? [=what led you to believe 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 [=get in touch with] my lawyer for days.

3 get hold of yourself or chiefly US get a hold of yourself : to get control of your thoughts and emotions and stop behaving in a foolish or uncontrolled way

Get a hold of yourself and tell me what happened.

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Main Entry: ↑hold

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