[Vocabulary] Is get OK?

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Is this exchange natural with get? Or must both speakers use find?

A: Andy, ˈhelp me ˈfind Bill Gates ;-). He is in Lynn, isn’t he?
B: Yes, he is. Let’s get him.
 

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If you must use that dialogue, "find" should be used in both cases.
 

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"Get" might be used if one wants to "get" him on the phone.
 

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If you must use that dialogue, "find" should be used in both cases.

Thank you, bhaisahab. Do you mean the dialogue is unnatural? If so, could you change it a little?
 

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"Get" might be used if one wants to "get" him on the phone.
:up: Otherwise, get means 'find and bring to me' (come to think of it it, that applies to the phone as well, except 'bring to me' is replaced by 'bring to the phone [so that I can talk to them]').

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Is there some idiom, some informal expression for find in English? Maybe catch?
 
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