got
/G AA1 T/- 1
(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
โI'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.โ
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To receive.
โHe got a severe reprimand for that.โ
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(in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
โI've got a concert ticket for you.โ
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To fetch, bring, take.
โCan you get my bag from the living-room, please?โ
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To become, or cause oneself to become.
โI'm getting hungry; how about you?โ
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To cause to become; to bring about.
โI can't get these boots off (or on).โ
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To cause to do.
โI can't get it to work.โ
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To cause to come or go or move.
โI got him to his room.โ
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To cause to be in a certain status or position.
โGet him here at once.โ
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(with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
โI'm getting into a muddle.โ
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To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
โto get a mileโ
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To begin (doing something or to do something).
โAfter lunch we got chatting.โ
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To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
โI normally get the 7:45 train.โ
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To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
โCan you get that call, please? I'm busy.โ
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(followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
โGreat. I get to clean the toilets today.โ
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To understand. (compare get it)
โI don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!โ
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To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
โ"You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."โ
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To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
โHe got bitten by a dog.โ
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To become ill with or catch (a disease).
โI went on holiday and got malaria.โ
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To catch out, trick successfully.
โHe keeps calling pretending to be my bossโit gets me every time.โ
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To perplex, stump.
โThat question's really got me.โ
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To find as an answer.
โWhat did you get for question four?โ
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To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
โI'm gonna get him for that.โ
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To hear completely; catch.
โSorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?โ
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To getter.
โI put the getter into the container to get the gases.โ
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To beget (of a father).
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To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
โto get a lesson;โ to get out one's Greek lessonโ
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Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
โGet her with her new hairdo.โ
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To go, to leave; to scram.
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To kill.
โTheyโre coming to get you, Barbara.โ
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To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
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To measure.
โDid you get her temperature?โ
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