英和和英

動詞

get hold of (third-person singular simple present gets hold of, present participle getting hold of, simple past got hold of, past participle (英国用法) got hold of or (米国用法) gotten hold of)

1. (transitive) To obtain.
   • 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, pages 54–55:

     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.

   • 1987, Withnail and I:

     Withnail: I want to stop and get hold of a child.

2. (transitive) To pick up or grab.
   • 1987, Withnail and I:

     I: Now get hold of that map.

3. (transitive) To contact (a person).

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

4. (transitive) To control or stabilize (oneself).

   Get hold of yourself!

Further reading

• “get hold of”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.