get hold of
idiom
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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?
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 my lawyer for days.
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Afterwards, little rubber Smurf figurines started to be handed out to people filling up their gas tanks, and when an American TV executive got hold of one, the famed animation studio Hanna-Barbera produced a TV show that came out in 1981.
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 18 July 2025
Meghan Markle's As Ever online shop has now sold out in minutes on three occasions, leaving fans scrambling to get hold of her products, from jam to rosé wine.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
In order to get hold of someone’s iris scan, a hacker would have to break into each of those servers, reconnect the fragmented data, and then reverse-engineer it back into the original iris scan.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 20 June 2025
And be wary of unexpected phone calls, emails, or social media messages, as those could be phishing messages from cybercriminals who got hold of some basic contact information.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 3 June 2025
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 18 July 2025
Meghan Markle's As Ever online shop has now sold out in minutes on three occasions, leaving fans scrambling to get hold of her products, from jam to rosé wine.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
In order to get hold of someone’s iris scan, a hacker would have to break into each of those servers, reconnect the fragmented data, and then reverse-engineer it back into the original iris scan.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 20 June 2025
And be wary of unexpected phone calls, emails, or social media messages, as those could be phishing messages from cybercriminals who got hold of some basic contact information.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 3 June 2025
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“Get hold of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20hold%20of. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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