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(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
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I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
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To receive.
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He got a severe reprimand for that.
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(in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
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I've got a concert ticket for you.
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To fetch, bring, take.
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Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
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To become, or cause oneself to become.
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I'm getting hungry; how about you?
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To cause to become; to bring about.
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I can't get these boots off (or on).
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To cause to do.
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I can't get it to work.
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To cause to come or go or move.
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I got him to his room.
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To cause to be in a certain status or position.
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Get him here at once.
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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).
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I'm getting into a muddle.
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To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
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to get a mile
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To begin (doing something or to do something).
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After lunch we got chatting.
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To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
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I normally get the 7:45 train.
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To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
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Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.
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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).
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Great. I get to clean the toilets today.
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To understand. (compare get it)
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I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
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To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
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"You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."
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To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
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He got bitten by a dog.
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To become ill with or catch (a disease).
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I went on holiday and got malaria.
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To catch out, trick successfully.
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He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.
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To perplex, stump.
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That question's really got me.
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To find as an answer.
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What did you get for question four?
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To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
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I'm gonna get him for that.
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To hear completely; catch.
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Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?
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To getter.
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I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
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To beget (of a father).
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To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
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to get a lesson; to get out one's Greek lesson
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Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
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Get her with her new hairdo.
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To go, to leave; to scram.
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To kill.
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They’re coming to get you, Barbara.
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To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
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To measure.
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Did you get her temperature?