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get hold of

alt. 1 (context transitive English) To obtain. 2 (context transitive English) To pick up or grab. 3 (context transitive English) To contact (a person). 4 (context transitive English) To control or stabilize (oneself). vb. 1 (context transitive English) To obtain. 2 (context transitive English) To pick up or grab. 3 (context transitive English) To contact (a person). 4 (context transitive English) To control or stabilize (oneself).

WordNet
get hold of

  1. v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please" [syn: take]

  2. be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" [syn: reach, get through, contact]

  3. affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease" [syn: seize, clutch]