get hold of

Meaning

1. Oxford60% of films

   to contact or find sb

   And get hold of Butch O'Connor.

2. Oxford25% of films

   to find sth that you want or need

3. Oxford10% of films

   to have or take sb / sth in your hands

In the movies · 32

• And get hold of Butch O'Connor.His Girl Friday1940
• I got hold of Madame Seymour's assistant.Downton Abbey2019
• Follow them. Get hold of Jackson, see if he knows them. I'll stay here.The Grapes of Wrath1940
• I tried to get hold of Stepan.Eastern Promises2007
• Can t get hold of anybody since everything is uhJurassic World Dominion2022
• Mr. Van Orton... Maria, get hold of Sutherland.The Game1997
• You know how to get hold of me.The Gentlemen2020
• I was trying to get hold of you all day.Up in the Air2009

Learn it in full scenes

• His Girl Friday1940
  • Hildy Tells Walter She's Remarrying
  • Hildy Quits the Post
  • Walter Meets Bruce Baldwin
• Downton Abbey2019
  • The King and Queen Are Coming
  • Downton Prepares for the Royal Visit
  • The Royal Butler Takes Over
• The Gentlemen2020
  • Fletcher Pitches His Story to Ray
  • Mickey and Matthew's Dinner Standoff
  • Mickey Pitches His Weed Empire

From the same entry

• hold good
• hold it
• there is no holding
• hold against
• hold back
• hold back
• hold back
• hold down
• hold down
• hold forth
• hold in
• hold off

More idioms

• get the ball rolling
• in addition
• put mind at ease
• take the easy way out
• the half of it
• stay put
• all at once
• that makes two of us
• for the moment
• don't tell me
• get moving
• thumbs up