get a hand on (something)

get a hand on (something)

1. Literally, to place one's hand on something (as to grab it). See if you can reach up and get a hand on that box on the top shelf.
2. To find and/or come to possess something. Let me know if you get a hand on their latest album, I can't wait to hear it.
See also: get, hand, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • have (something) in hand
  • have in hand
  • in hand
  • have (something) well in hand
  • on hand
  • a hand in
  • a hand in (something)
  • give (someone) the back of (one's) hand
  • fill (one's) hand
  • get out of hand