Usage of "get hold of"

Portuguese

Be in or establish communication with.

Portuguese

Catalan

Spanish

To grasp with the hands.

Related terms

To affect (e.g. of pain, fear, etc.).

Usage of get hold of in English

I want you to ask Kaori to get hold of that paper. 
 Evil and the Mask 

However, the idea vanished before he could really get hold of it. 
 Enigma of China 

You'd need to be quite the player to get hold of it. 
 The evolutionary void 

Shall we try to get hold of Caroline Barrington or Sarah Cartwright? 
 Report for Murder 

But these aren't easy to get hold of, as another family found. 
 Reuters 

Suddenly the facts in the case seemed to get hold of him. 
 Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories 

The Jews will get hold of it, and make complaints in London. 
 Jimgrim and Allah's Peace 

It may be some days before I can get hold of one. 
 Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) 

But I get hold of this idea in a misty, unsatisfactory way. 
 Stepping Heavenward 

She pushed ahead and managed to get hold of the horse's tail. 
 Where heaven begins 

Have you managed to get hold of the owner -of Henderson?' 
 Into the Water 

Would you all still be able to get hold of those messages? 
 Flesh and bone: a body farm novel 

He must be in a hurry to get hold of the documents. 
 In Friendship's Guise 

If you waited long enough you could get hold of the records. 
 The Irish Times 

We might find Joe's hotel room and get hold of the original. 
 Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor 

No wonder he did not want Shine to get hold of them. 
 Archer’s Goon 

Translations for get hold of

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Meanings of get hold of in English