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ahold
[uh-hohld]
noun
Informal.a hold or grasp (often followed byof ).
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.
Example Sentences
Yanez told investigators that DNA testing would corroborate his claim that Valdez had “gotten ahold of” 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.
“The administration,” she said, “is notoriously difficult to get ahold of.”
I have to get ahold of her to get it.
“Every little bush in the yard is burned. But it wasn’t able to get in the house — there’s nothing for it to get ahold of.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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