Source : WordNet®

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 or 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}]