get hold of

idiom

variants or chiefly US get a hold of

Synonyms of get hold of next

: 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?

: 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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Apple doesn’t provide much information about what’s fixed in iOS 17.7 to give people time to update and prevent attackers getting hold of the details. —

Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 Milpitas cleanup hitter Chloe Cabrera got hold of one leading off the top of the second and sent a high arcing drive over the fence in left field. —

Glenn Reeves, The Mercury News, 25 May 2024 Could a private citizen get hold of a genome and use it to bring an extinct animal back to life? —

Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024 Will Victor have need of it later and not have it, or will someone else get hold of it, or will Boyd’s life be saved thanks to having it? —

Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for get hold of