Search Result for "get_hold":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. get something or somebody for a specific purpose;
- Example: "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"
- Example: "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"
- Example: "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
[syn: line up, get hold, come up, find]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

get hold
    v 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" [syn: line up, get hold, come up, find]