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get one's hands on

verb

Definitions

  1. To get

    To get; to obtain; to secure.

    • If you can get your hands on the right ingredients, it's an easy recipe.
    • With my CD and pager in the pocket of my new Inspector Gadget coat, I wandered the shop floor, picking up and sampling the tester pots of pretty much every product I could get my hands on.

  2. To catch.

    • Now Lloyd wanted badly to get his hands on him.
    • That's why he wants to get his hands on Noie Barnum.
    • He couldn't wait to get his hands on the people who did this.

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