get hold of en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To obtain.
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.
1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, pages 54–55:Withnail: I want to stop and get hold of a child.
1987, Withnail and I:
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(transitive) To pick up or grab.
I: Now get hold of that map.
1987, Withnail and I:
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(transitive) To contact (a person).
Get hold of John and tell him the meeting's been canceled.
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(transitive) To control or stabilize (oneself).
Get hold of yourself!
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| get hold on | alternative | lexicographic | |
| get a hold on | alternative | lexicographic | |
| got hold of | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| got hold of | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| gets hold of | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| get ahold of | alternative | lexicographic | |
| gotten hold of | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| get a hold of | alternative | lexicographic | |
| getting hold of | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (33)
pl złapać (to pick up or grab) · fi saada käsiinsä (to obtain) · pl uzyskiwać (to obtain) · pl otrzymywać (to obtain) · fi koota itsensä (to control or stabilize oneself) · hu összeszedi magát (to control or stabilize oneself) · nl bereiken (to contact) · sv ta sig samman (to control or stabilize oneself) · de sich zusammenreißen (to control or stabilize oneself) · pl uzyskać (to obtain) · la me recolligo (to control or stabilize oneself) · de erreichen (to contact) · pl łapać (to pick up or grab) · pl chwycić (to pick up or grab) · fi saada kiinni (to contact) · fi ottaa käteensä (to pick up or grab) · pl złapać (to contact) · nl zich bedwingen (to control or stabilize oneself) · sv få tag på (to contact) · pl łapać (to contact) · fi ryhdistäytyä (to control or stabilize oneself) · pl brać się w garść (to control or stabilize oneself) · pl wziąć się w garść (to control or stabilize oneself) · pl otrzymać (to obtain) · is ná i (to contact) · hu megfog (to contact) · is stramma sig av (to control or stabilize oneself) · fi ottaa (to pick up or grab) · ga guaim a chur ort féin (to control or stabilize oneself) · ga tar ar (to contact) · fi ottaa yhteyttä (to contact) · pl dodzwonić się (to contact) · pl chwytać (to pick up or grab)