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/əˈhoʊld/ · adverb
(nautical, obsolete, of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady..
Lay her a hold, a hold, ſet her two courſes off to Sea againe, lay her off.
GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF!
Uh-oh... I guess I shouldn't have given my last babysitter such a hard time. Somehow she got ahold of the video Mom took of me running around without my diaper ... and posted it on YouTube.
Use ahold when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ahold means (nautical, obsolete, of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Lay her a hold, a hold, ſet her two courſes off to Sea againe, lay her off.
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