get hands on

get your hands on someone (informal)

if you say you will kill someone when you get your hands on them, you mean you will be very angry with them. You wait till I get my hands on her - I'll kill her!

See also: hand

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get your hands on someone

1. to punish someone severely. You wait till I get my hands on you, young man — you'll be sorry you ever heard of cigarettes!

2. to work with someone. “I would love to get my hands on somebody like that,” said Jones, whose company teaches politicians how to present themselves on TV.

See also: hand

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get your hands on something

to obtain something. I bought all the mystery videos that I could get my hands on. As a kid I read anything I could lay my hands on.

See also: hand