get one's hands on
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The device is also, however, currently much harder to get one’s hands on than it was last year.
From The Verge • May 12, 2022
“There is nothing more visceral than the fear that one might not be able to get one’s hands on the necessities of life,” The Times said.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2021
The ability actually to get one's hands on the coin is what differentiates the really great criminal lawyer from his inconspicuous brethren.
From The Confessions of Artemas Quibble by Train, Arthur Cheney
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