ahold

American  

[uh-hohld] / əˈhoʊld /

noun

1. Informal. a hold or grasp (often followed byof ).

   He took ahold of my arm. Grab ahold!

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adverb

1. Nautical Archaic. close to the wind and on a single tack.

   to keep a vessel ahold.

idioms

1. get ahold of, hold.

Etymology

Origin of ahold

First recorded in 1600–10; a- ¹ + hold ¹ (noun)

Example Sentences

Gun suicides and accidental deaths are not tied up in politics in the same way because nobody wants someone to shoot themselves or for a child to accidentally get ahold of a gun.

From Scientific American

According to ProPublica, which got ahold of more than 50 hours of previously-unseen internal videos and confidential documents about Teneo, in the fundraising video, Leo referred to his success with the Federalist Society and plans for Teneo this way: "I just said to myself, 'Well, if this can work for law, why can't it work for lots of other areas of American culture and American life where things are really messed up right now?'"

From Salon

The truck was turned off, and Campbell got ahold of the driver’s cell phone and called his wife to let her know what was happening.

From Fox News

The auditors have fought for months to get ahold of security tokens needed to access internal configurations of precinct-based tabulators.

From Seattle Times

“I’m telling you this so that you understand that the pandemic is very much NOT over. Delta is relentless and highly contagious and grabbed ahold of me even after getting vaccinated,’” she wrote.

From Washington Times