get hold of meaning and definition

GET HOLD OF verb

Definition of get hold of (verb)

1. get into one's hands, take physically
   • "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"
   • synonyms: take
2. be in or establish communication with
   • "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
   • synonyms: contact, get through, reach
3. affect
   • "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
   • synonyms: clutch, seize