:to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
:to cause to be in one's possession or succeed in having available for one's use or enjoyment; obtain; acquire: to get a good price after bargaining; to get oil by drilling; to get information.
:to go after, take hold of, and bring for one's own or for another's purposes; fetch: Would you get the milk from the refrigerator for me?
:to cause or cause to become, to do, to move, etc., as specified; effect: to get one's hair cut; to get a person drunk; to get a fire to burn; to get a dog out of a room.
:to communicate or establish communication with over a distance; reach: You can always get me by telephone.
:to hear or hear clearly: I didn't get your last name.
:to acquire a mental grasp or command of; learn: to get a lesson.
:to capture; seize: Get him before he escapes!
:to receive as a punishment or sentence: to get a spanking; to get 20 years in jail.
:to prevail on; influence or persuade: We'll get him to go with us.
:Informal. to affect emotionally: Her pleas got me.
:to hit, strike, or wound: The bullet got him in the leg.
:Informal. to kill.
:Informal. to take vengeance on: I'll get you yet!
:to catch or be afflicted with; come down with or suffer from: He got malaria while living in the tropics. She gets butterflies before every performance.
:Informal. to puzzle; irritate; annoy: Their silly remarks get me.
:Informal. to understand; comprehend: I don't get the joke. This report may be crystal-clear to a scientist, but I don't get it.
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got or gat;got or got·ten;get·ting.
:to come to a specified place; arrive; reach: to get home late.
:to succeed, become enabled, or be permitted: You get to meet a lot of interesting people.
:to become or to cause oneself to become as specified; reach a certain condition: to get angry; to get sick.
:: to get married; to get elected; to get hit by a car.
:to succeed in coming, going, arriving at, visiting, etc.: I don't get into town very often.
:to bear, endure, or survive: Can he get through another bad winter?
:to earn money; gain.
:Informal. to leave promptly; scram: He told us to get.
:to start or enter upon the action of: to get moving; Get rolling.
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:an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
:a return of a ball, as in tennis, that would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent.
:British Slang. something earned, as salary, profits, etc.: What's your week's get?a child born out of wedlock.
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:get about, to move about; be active: He gets about with difficulty since his illness.to become known; spread: It was supposed to be a secret, but somehow it got about.to be socially active: She's been getting about much more since her family moved to the city.Also get around .
:get across, to make or become understandable; communicate: to get a lesson across to students.to be convincing about; impress upon others: The fire chief got across forcefully the fact that turning in a false alarm is a serious offense.
:get ahead, to be successful, as in business or society: She got ahead by sheer determination.
:get ahead of, to move forward of, as in traveling: The taxi got ahead of her after the light changed.to surpass; outdo: He refused to let anyone get ahead of him in business.
:get along, to go away; leave.get on.
:get around, to circumvent; outwit.to ingratiate oneself with through flattery or cajolery.to travel from place to place; circulate: I don't get around much anymore.get about.
:get at, to reach; touch: to stretch in order to get at a top shelf.to suggest, hint at, or imply; intimate: What are you getting at?to discover; determine: to get at the root of a problem.Informal.to influence by surreptitious or illegal means; bribe: The gangsters couldn't get at the mayor.
:get away, to escape; flee: He tried to get away, but the crowd was too dense.to start out; leave: The racehorses got away from the starting gate.
:get away with, to perpetrate or accomplish without detection or punishment: Some people lie and cheat and always seem to get away with it.
:get by, to succeed in going past: to get by a police barricade.to manage to exist, survive, continue in business, etc., in spite of difficulties.to evade the notice of: He doesn't let much get by him.
:get down, to bring or come down; descend: The kitten climbed the tree, but then couldn't get down again.to concentrate; attend: to get down to the matter at hand.to depress; discourage; fatigue: Nothing gets me down so much as a rainy day.to swallow: The pill was so large that he couldn't get it down.to relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment: getting down with a bunch of old friends.
:get in, to go into a place; enter: He forgot his key and couldn't get in.to arrive; come: They both got in on the same train.to become associated with: He got in with a bad crowd.to be chosen or accepted, as for office, membership, etc.: As secretary of the club, his friend made sure that he got in.to become implicated in: By embezzling money to pay his gambling debts quickly, he was getting in further and further.
:get off, to escape the consequences of or punishment for one's actions.to help escape punishment: A good lawyer might get you off.to begin a journey; leave: He got off on the noon flight.to leave; dismount from; alight.to tell; express: The comedian got off a couple of good ones.Informal.to have the effrontery: Where does he get off telling me how to behave?Slang: Vulgar.to experience orgasm.to experience or cause to experience a high from or as if from a drug.to cause to feel pleasure, enthusiasm, or excitement: a new rock group that gets everyone off.
:get on / along to make progress; proceed; advance.to have sufficient means to manage, survive, or fare.to be on good terms; agree: She simply can't get on with her brothers.to advance in age: He is getting on in years.
:get out, to leave: Get out of here! We had to get out of the bus at San Antonio.to become publicly known: We mustn't let this story get out.to withdraw or retire: He decided to get out of the dry goods business.to produce or complete: Let's get this work out!
:get over, to recover from: to get over an illness.get across.
:get through, to succeed, as in meeting, reaching, or contacting by telephone: I tried to call you last night, but I couldn't get through.to complete; finish: How he ever got through college is a mystery.to make oneself understood: One simply cannot get through to her.
:get to, to get in touch or into communication with; contact: It was too late by the time he got to the authorities.Informal.to make an impression on; affect: This music really gets to you.to begin: When he gets to telling stories about the war, there's no stopping him.