Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hold or grip.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Near the wind, so as to hold or keep to it: as, to lay a ship a-hold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Near the wind.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb obsolete, nautical To bring a ship to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea.
- noun A
hold ,grip ,grasp .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yes | No | Report from Crack Predator Calls wrote 14 weeks 6 days ago kvlaser22, how can i get ahold of you? i'd like to talk about your hunting.
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Yes | No | Report from Crack Predator Calls wrote 14 weeks 6 days ago kvlaser22, how can i get ahold of you? i'd like to talk about your hunting.
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The show's executive producer Neil Goldman tweeted "Midseason schedule burn!" after the news broke, and series creator Dan Harmon responded "Streets ahold!"
'Community' Will Return To NBC Midseaon Primetime Lineup, Date Not Yet Set The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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I think it is a good idea in the fact that it makes it easier for the farmers and hunters to get ahold of each other.
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The technical landscape involved contains a myriad set of problems for law enforcement officials trying to get ahold of information.
FBI Wants To Expand Internet Wiretapping The Huffington Post 2011
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A good midwestern girl, raised on corn and chicken and food you could grab ahold of, must have done something unforgivable to deserve this slippery thing.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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If imprisonment is the penalty there may be some issues of privilege (or getting ahold of him should he stay in Washington).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Recalls of U.S. Senators Are Unconstitutional 2010
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If imprisonment is the penalty there may be some issues of privilege (or getting ahold of him should he stay in Washington).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Recalls of U.S. Senators Are Unconstitutional 2010
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But sometimes these things get dropped and picked up again, when the feds get ahold of some new information.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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When Infinite Crisis got ahold of them, these characters were each a few years removed from having their own books.
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