get hold of

Idioms and Phrases

Grasp, obtain; also, get in touch with. For example, If you can just get hold of one end, I'll get the other , or Jane had no luck getting hold of the book she needed , or I've phoned a dozen times but I can't seem to get hold of him . [c. 1300] Also see lay hold of .

Example Sentences

The onus is put on us to prove that it belongs to Nepal, rather than on themselves on how they got hold of them.”

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Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, he added: "We’ve got 21 days to appeal it, so within that 21 days hopefully a solicitor gets hold of me and see what we can do."

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We were shown weapons confiscated by staff that prisoners made or got hold of to inflict serious injury and murder.

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He got hold of his team, claimed a clean sheet and earned them a well-deserved point.

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"Once we got hold of him, he was relieved it was the police," the investigator said.

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