Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To obtain.

  2. (transitive)To pick up or grab.

  3. (transitive)To contact (a person).

    Get hold of John and tell him the meeting's been canceled.

    erreichen

  4. (transitive)To control or stabilize (oneself).

    Get hold of yourself!

    sich zusammenreißen

More definitions
  • get into one's hands, take physically
  • affect
  • be in or establish communication with

Examples

5038 sentences

  1. They got out of the car.

    Вони вийшли з машини. — hectorvk

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  2. Get this stuff out of here.

    Забери ці речі звідси. — deniko

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  3. Let's get out of this place.

    Ходімо звідси. — deniko

    ruСматываемся отсюда! — marafon

    deLass uns von hier verschwinden. — mayabe

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  4. I've got plans of my own.

    У мене є власні плани. — deniko

    ruУ меня есть свои планы. — sharptoothed

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  5. I just got out of jail.

    Я щойно вийшов із в'язниці. — deniko

    ruЯ только что вышел из тюрьмы. — odexed

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to contact:
to control or stabilize oneself:

Forms

gets hold of, getting hold of, got hold of, got hold of
Base formget hold of · to get hold of
3rd person singulargets hold of
Present participlegetting hold of
Past simplegot hold of
Past participlegot hold of / gotten hold of

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget hold of
he, she, itgets hold of

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot hold of

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave got hold of
he, she, ithas got hold of

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get hold of

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gestureB1getA1getawayB2getter
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