get hold of

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variants 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.

Examples of get hold of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

About The 382 Chrome Security Fixes Google doesn’t provide much detail about what’s fixed in Chrome 150, to allow users time to update before attackers can get hold of the details. — Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Yamamoto then let Gabriel Arias get hold of a curveball for a 407-foot home run to straightaway center field. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026

With the interference scrambling the ringside situation, Paul got hold of the brass knuckles and used them against The Usos, allowing The Vision to secure the pinfall and win the championships. — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026

Because they’re not regulated, just about anyone can get hold of them. — Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 28 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for get hold of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove