| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| is limited to Conversational levels and the Informal writing that imitates them. The Standard idiom for all levels is [get, take, lay, grab, etc.] hold of, as in Try to get hold of his teacher. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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