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ahold
[ uh-hohld ]
noun
- Informal. a hold or grasp (often followed by of ):
He took ahold of my arm. Grab ahold!
adverb
- Nautical Archaic. close to the wind and on a single tack:
to keep a vessel ahold.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- get ahold of, Informal. hold 1( def 53 ).
Example Sentences
Yanez told investigators that DNA testing would corroborate his claim that Valdez had 鈥済otten ahold of鈥 his gun after disobeying commands and getting into a struggle.
Nadal was the bulldog who got ahold of your pants leg and never let go.
鈥淭he administration,鈥 she said, 鈥渋s notoriously difficult to get ahold of.鈥
I have to get ahold of her to get it.
鈥淓very little bush in the yard is burned. But it wasn鈥檛 able to get in the house 鈥 there鈥檚 nothing for it to get ahold of.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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