English-German translations for get hold of

• ergattern
  Alles balgt sich, um einen Schein zu ergattern; mit dem Konventsentwurf wird umgegangen, als gelte es, ein Stück Wild zu Tode zu hetzen, damit jeder für sich ein Stück herausreißen kann. Everyone is jostling to get hold of a note; the Convention draft is being dealt with as if a piece of game were being hunted to death so that everyone can pull out a piece for themselves.

Definition of get hold of

• To obtain
• To pick up or grab
• To contact (a person
• To control or stabilize (oneself

Examples

• Get hold of John and tell him the meetings been canceled.

Related words

• get hold
• get ahold of
• to get hold of the wrong end of the stick
• get a foothold