What does get hold mean?

get hold means "get something or somebody for a specific purpose".

What is another word for get hold?

Close synonyms include line up, come up, find. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is get hold a common word?

get hold is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

get hold — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
get something or somebody for a specific purpose
“I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener”
“I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing”
“The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter”
Synonymsline up come up find
Broaderget

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