get hold of
Example Sentences
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"I'm organic so I don't use much but it's gone from about £350 a tonne to more than £500 and that's if you can get hold of it," he said.
From BBC
"We said at Montpellier that when this Fabien gets hold of the French team he is absolutely going to rock it," says Beattie, who still lives in the south of France.
From BBC
"I said 'you have to get hold of George Robertson'. I think they thought that was a bit strange because George was my opposite number who spent his life making my life difficult."
From BBC
"The wind cannot get hold of the roof. It is too slippery," Oteg said.
From Literature
It was so difficult to get hold of ingredients nowadays.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
