get one's hands on

Idioms and Phrases

see lay hands on .

Example Sentences

Alas, for the millions of smokers in the United States who try to quit each year, neither of these medications is easy to get one’s hands on.

From Slate

The device is also, however, currently much harder to get one’s hands on than it was last year.

From The Verge

“There is nothing more visceral than the fear that one might not be able to get one’s hands on the necessities of life,” The Times said.

From New York Times

“By the time the information got to you, it was stale and accessible to other companies. The goal should be to get one’s hands on internal and external business data ahead of the competition.”

From Forbes

In an effort to counter the cheapening effects of internet all-availability, and to recapture an era when to get one's hands on a particular album or song was a real experience, we… would like to share this song with Sufjan fans in a special way.

From The Guardian

Related Words

• access
• achieve
• attain
• collect
• earn
• gain
• gather
• glean
• have
• pick up
• procure
• purchase
• reach
• realize
• reap
• receive
• recover
• retrieve
• secure
• seize