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Get hold of

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  1. 1
    To obtain. transitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    affect wordnet
  3. 3
    To pick up or grab. transitive

    "I: Now get hold of that map."

  4. 4
    be in or establish communication with wordnet
  5. 5
    To contact (a person). transitive

    "Get hold of John and tell him the meeting's been canceled."

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  1. 6
    get into one's hands, take physically wordnet
  2. 7
    To control or stabilize (oneself). transitive

    "Get hold of yourself!"

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