get hold of (
http://definr.com/get hold of)
v 1: get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!" "Can
you take this bag, please" [syn:
take]
2: be in communication with, establish communication with; "Our
advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his
children after he emigrated to Australia" [syn:
reach, {get
through},
contact]
3: affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized
with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful
disease" [syn:
seize,
clutch]