Do we say 'to get hold of money' to say 'to make a lot of money'?

[Damian]

English Error, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #23 "The bank raid", question 3

Then suddenly Sid thought of a plan in which they could get held of money very quickly and very easily.

(a) thought
(b) which
(c) held

English Error, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #23 "The bank raid", answer 3

Then suddenly Sid thought of a plan in which they could get hold of money very quickly and very easily.

Correct entry: hold
The error was: (c) held

You have found the error but your entry is incorrect.
Then suddenly Sid thought of a plan in which they could get lot of money very quickly and very easily.
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Hello,

Do we say to get hold of money to say to make a lot of money?

thank you
Damian

[Lost_Soul]

BTW, What about this version:

[Diverhank]

"to get hold of money" is a phrase. For the test, "get lot of money" would be wrong -- should be " a lot"

In my opinion, there's nothing wrong with "to make a lot of money" or "can get a lot of money" .

[Alan]

Hi Damian,

The whole point of 'get hold of money' in this test means find and get money using unconventional methods very quickly.

Alan
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[Frank Stern]

Hi Alan,
Because "can get a lot of money" is also correct, I would suggest to include it in your Data Base as a correct answer.
Regards

[Torsten]

Hi Frank,

The phrase that's being tested here is 'get hold of'. There are probably dozens of possible ways of expressing the same idea.
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