Usually means: Acquire possession or control over.
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  5. get hold_of: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (get hold of)

verb:  (transitive) To obtain.
verb:  (transitive) To pick up or grab.
verb:  (transitive) To contact (a person).
verb:  (transitive) To control or stabilize (oneself).

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