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get(verb)/ɡet/ /ɡet/Verb Forms- to receive something
- I got a call from Dave this morning.
- What (= What presents) did you get for your birthday?
- He gets (= earns) about $40 000 a year.
- This room gets very little sunshine.
- I got a shock when I saw the bill.
- I will report back when I get a chance.
- I get the impression that he is bored with his job.
- Where did you get the idea from?
- It's the best way to get a sense of what's actually going on here.
- She got great satisfaction from seeing his embarrassment.
- to obtain something
- He has just got a new job.
- I'll get the money somehow.
- She opened the door wider to get a better look.
- Try to get some sleep.
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- I think someone's trying to get your attention.
- She really knows how to get results.
- to buy something
- Where did you get that skirt?
- Did you manage to get tickets for the concert?
- Can I get a Coke?
- Did you get a present for your mother?
- Did you get your mother a present?
- Why don't you get yourself a car?
- $100 will get you the basic model.
- You can get yourself the basic model for $100.
- to obtain or receive an amount of money by selling something
- If you sell it at auction you can expect to get roughly £800.
- How much did you get for your car?
- We got £420 000 for the house.
- to go to a place and bring somebody/something back
SYNONYM fetch
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fetch - Quick—go and get a cloth!
- Somebody get a doctor!
- She went to get help.
- I have to go and get my mother from the airport (= collect her).
- Get a drink for John.
- Get John a drink.
Extra Examples- She's gone to get a few more chairs.
- Could you go upstairs and get my wallet for me, please?
- Can I get you anything to eat or drink?
- to achieve or be given a particular mark or grade in an exam
- He got a ‘C’ in Chemistry and a ‘B’ in English.
- to start to develop an illness; to suffer from a pain, etc.
- I got this cold off (= from) you!
- She gets (= often suffers from) really bad headaches.
- I think I'm getting a cold.
- to receive something as a punishment
- He got ten years (= was sent to prison for ten years) for armed robbery.
- to connect to the internet or a phone network; to receive broadcasts from a particular television or radio station
- 95 per cent of the UK can now get superfast broadband.
- I couldn't get any mobile phone reception.
- We can't get Channel 5 in our area.
- to be connected with somebody by phone
- I wanted to speak to the manager but I got his secretary instead.
- to arrive at or reach a place or point
- We got to San Diego at 7 o'clock.
- We're aiming to get to the party at about nine.
- You got in very late last night.
- I got back an hour ago.
- Wait till we get home.
- What time did you get here?
- Let me know when you get there.
- I haven't got very far with the book I'm reading.
- to move to or from a particular place or in a particular direction, sometimes with difficulty; to make somebody/something do this
- The bridge was destroyed so we couldn't get across the river.
- She got into bed.
- He got down from the ladder.
- We didn't get (= go) to bed until 3 a.m.
- Where do we get on the bus?
- I'm getting off (= leaving the train) at the next station.
- Where have they got to (= where are they)?
- We must be getting home; it's past midnight.
- We couldn't get the piano through the door.
- We'd better call a taxi and get you home.
- The general had to get his troops across the river.
- I can't get the lid off.
Extra Examples- How can we get to the other side of town?
- I don't know how he managed to get down from the roof.
- It takes an hour to get from Oxford to London.
- We only got as far as the next town.
- You can get to the hotel by bus or taxi.
- to use a bus, taxi, plane, etc.
- We're going to be late—let's get a taxi.
- I usually get the bus to work.
Extra Examples- Get a train to Newport and then get a bus from the station.
- He got the next plane home.
- I ran all the way to the station and just managed to get my train.
- I'll try and get a flight home tomorrow.
- You won't be able to get a plane there—there's no airport.
- to reach a particular state or condition; to make somebody/something/yourself reach a particular state or condition
- to get angry/bored/hungry/fat
- to get better/worse
- You'll soon get used to the climate here.
- We ought to go; it's getting late.
- to get dressed/undressed (= to put your clothes on/take your clothes off)
- They plan to get married in the summer.
- She's upstairs getting ready.
- As he's got older his tastes have changed.
- She was getting sick of hearing him complain.
- There's nothing to get excited about.
- He got drunk and passed out.
- I was starting to get tired.
- I wouldn't go there alone; you might get (= be) mugged.
- My car got (= was) stolen at the weekend.
- Don't get your dress dirty!
- He got his fingers caught in the door.
- She soon got the children ready for school.
- to reach the point at which you feel, know, are, etc. something
- After a time you get to realize that these things don't matter.
- You'll like her once you get to know her.
- His drinking is getting to be a problem.
- She's getting to be an old lady now.
- to cause something to happen or be done
- I must get my hair cut.
- I'll never get all this work finished.
- She has a reputation for getting things done.
- to make, persuade, etc. somebody/something to do something
- I couldn't get the car to start this morning.
- He got his sister to help him with his homework.
- You'll never get him to understand.
- It's not hard to get him talking—the problem is stopping him!
- Can you really get that old car going again?
Extra Examples- I finally got Michael to talk to them and he explained everything.
- We had trouble getting enough people to sign up.
- to start doing something
- I got talking to her.
- We need to get going soon.
- to have the opportunity to do something
- He got to try out all the new software.
- It's not fair—I never get to go first.
- to prepare a meal
- Who's getting the lunch?
- You sit down and relax. I'll get supper.
- I must go home and get tea for the kids.
- I must go home and get the kids their tea.
- to answer the phone or a door when somebody calls, knocks, etc.
- to catch or take hold of somebody, especially in order to harm or punish them
- He was on the run for a week before the police got him.
- to get somebody by the arm/wrist/throat
- She fell overboard and the sharks got her.
- He thinks everybody is out to get him (= trying to harm him).
- I'll get you for that!
- to hit or wound somebody
- The bullet got him in the neck.
- to understand somebody/something
- I don't get you.
- She didn't get the joke.
- I don't get it—why would she do a thing like that?
- I get the message—you don't want me to come.
- used to say that something happens or exists
- You get (= There are) all these kids hanging around in the street.
- They still get cases of typhoid there.
- to make somebody feel confused because they do not understand something
- ‘What's the capital of Bhutan?’ ‘You've got me there!’ (= I don't know)
- to annoy somebody
- What gets me is having to do the same thing all day long.
- to be becoming old
- to be becoming late
- The time's getting on—we ought to be going.
- to be nearly a particular time, age or number
- It must be getting on for midnight.
- He's getting on for eighty.
- used to say that you are shocked, surprised, etc. by something
- I can't get over how rude she was.
- to have a short holiday in a place where you can relax
- to leave a place in order to go somewhere else
- It's been lovely to see you, but it's probably time we got going.
- to start happening or being done
- The project hasn't really got going yet.
- to make somebody angry, worried or excited
- to succeed in starting a machine, vehicle, process, etc.
- We finally managed to get the car going.
- to be punished or spoken to angrily about something
- If your dad finds out you'll really get it!
- to have sex with somebody
- to have an erection
- to not help somebody make progress or succeed
- This line of investigation is getting us nowhere.
- Being rude to me won't get you anywhere.
- to make some progress/no progress
- After six months' work on the project, at last I feel I'm getting somewhere.
- I don't seem to be getting anywhere with this letter.
- to achieve your aim or complete a task
- I'm sure you'll get there in the end.
- It's not perfect but we're getting there (= making progress).
- used to say that you are going to tell somebody something that they will find surprising or interesting
- OK, get this guys—there are only two left!
- So get this—I did all the work and he got the money.
- used to express surprise or disapproval that somebody has been so selfish, stupid, etc.
- you have to admit that something unpleasant is true
- used to ask, especially in an angry way, what somebody is/was suggesting
- I'm partly to blame? What exactly are you getting at?
- used to say that somebody has suddenly started to behave in a strange or different way
- What's got into Alex? He never used to worry like that.
- I’m sorry for laughing like that—I don’t know what got into me.
Word Origin- Middle English: from Old Norse geta ‘obtain, beget, guess’; related to Old English gietan (in begietan ‘beget’, forgietan ‘forget’), from an Indo-European root shared by Latin praeda ‘booty, prey’, praehendere ‘get hold of, seize’, and Greek khandanein ‘hold, contain, be able’.
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