ahold
[uh-hohld]
- Informal. a hold or grasp (often followed by of): He took ahold of my arm. Grab ahold!
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- Nautical Archaic. close to the wind and on a single tack: to keep a vessel ahold.
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- get ahold of, Informal. hold1(def 52).
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Origin of ahold
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Examples from the Web for ahold
Contemporary Examples
“My prom date got ahold of my number and called me recently and congratulated me on everything that's going on,” says Trainor.
‘All About That Bass’ Singer Meghan Trainor On Haters and Her Polarizing (and Unlikely) No. 1 HitMarlow Stern
October 7, 2014
The guy who took the video got ahold of me and said he wanted half a million dollars and sent me the video.
Tom Sizemore’s Revenge: On Tom Cruise’s Scientology Recruitment, Drugs, and Craving a ComebackMarlow Stern
September 26, 2014
So I called someone at HBO and got ahold of the first season and just watched them all in two days.
And wingers, as a general principle, just get ahold of yourselves, would you?
I'd love to get ahold of a Manhattan audience on this subject.
Historical Examples
Just let me get ahold o' you, sir, and I'll show you, you young rascal!
Other Main-Travelled RoadsHamlin Garland
I can't seem to—to get ahold of it with my mind, like I can with my gun.
The DrawJerome Bixby
Yes; they had ahold of him—they were dragging him out—I mean they had ahold of him—two on each side.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Describe what you saw at that time—I want to know how they had ahold of him?
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
To my recollection there was an officer on each side of him that had ahold of his arms.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy