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Get

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Definitions for Get

noun
a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
verb
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Synonyms
acquire
Examples
  1. She got a lot of paintings from her uncle
  2. They acquired a new pet
  3. Get your results the next day
  4. Get permission to take a few days off from work
verb
enter or assume a certain state or condition
Synonyms
become go
Examples
  1. He became annoyed when he heard the bad news
  2. It must be getting more serious
  3. her face went red with anger
  4. She went into ecstasy
  5. Get going!
verb
cause to move
Synonyms
let have
Examples
  1. cause to be in a certain position or condition
  2. He got his squad on the ball
  3. This let me in for a big surprise
  4. He got a girl into trouble
verb
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Synonyms
receive find obtain incur
Examples
  1. These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
  2. His movie received a good review
  3. I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
verb
reach a destination
Synonyms
arrive come
Examples
  1. arrive by movement or progress
  2. She arrived home at 7 o'clock
  3. She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight
verb
go or come after and bring or take back
Synonyms
bring convey fetch
Examples
  1. Get me those books over there, please
  2. Could you bring the wine?
  3. The dog fetched the hat
verb
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Synonyms
experience receive have
Examples
  1. get an idea
  2. experience vertigo
  3. get nauseous
  4. receive injuries
  5. have a feeling
verb
take vengeance on or get even
Synonyms
pay back pay off fix
Examples
  1. We'll get them!
  2. That'll fix him good!
  3. This time I got him
verb
achieve a point or goal
Synonyms
have make
Examples
  1. Nicklaus had a 70
  2. The Brazilian team got 4 goals
  3. She made 29 points that day
verb
cause to do
Synonyms
induce stimulate cause have make
Examples
  1. cause to act in a specified manner
  2. The ads induced me to buy a VCR
  3. My children finally got me to buy a computer
  4. My wife made me buy a new sofa
verb
succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
Synonyms
catch capture
Examples
  1. We finally got the suspect
  2. Did you catch the thief?
verb
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Synonyms
grow develop produce acquire
Examples
  1. He grew a beard
  2. The patient developed abdominal pains
  3. I got funny spots all over my body
  4. Well-developed breasts
verb
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Synonyms
contract take
Examples
  1. He got AIDS
  2. She came down with pneumonia
  3. She took a chill
verb
communicate with a place or person
Examples
  1. establish communication with, as if by telephone
  2. Bill called this number and he got Mary
  3. The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake
verb
give certain properties to something
Synonyms
make
Examples
  1. get someone mad
  2. She made us look silly
  3. He made a fool of himself at the meeting
  4. Don't make this into a big deal
  5. This invention will make you a millionaire
  6. Make yourself clear
verb
move into a desired direction of discourse
Synonyms
drive aim
Examples
  1. What are you driving at?
verb
grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
Synonyms
catch
Examples
  1. did you catch that allusion?
  2. We caught something of his theory in the lecture
  3. don't catch your meaning
  4. did you get it?
  5. She didn't get the joke
  6. I just don't get him
verb
attract and fix
Synonyms
catch arrest
Examples
  1. His look caught her
  2. She caught his eye
  3. Catch the attention of the waiter
verb
reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
Synonyms
catch
Examples
  1. the rock caught her in the back of the head
  2. The blow got him in the back
  3. The punch caught him in the stomach
verb
reach by calculation
Examples
  1. What do you get when you add up these numbers?
verb
acquire as a result of some effort or action
Examples
  1. You cannot get water out of a stone
  2. Where did she get these news?
verb
purchase
Examples
  1. What did you get at the toy store?
verb
perceive by hearing
Synonyms
catch
Examples
  1. I didn't catch your name
  2. She didn't get his name when they met the first time
verb
suffer from the receipt of
Synonyms
catch
Examples
  1. She will catch hell for this behavior!
verb
receive as a retribution or punishment
Synonyms
receive
Examples
  1. He got 5 years in prison
verb
leave immediately
Synonyms
scram buzz off fuck off bugger off
Examples
  1. used usually in the imperative form
  2. Scram!
verb
reach and board
Examples
  1. She got the bus just as it was leaving
verb
irritate
Synonyms
get under one's skin
Examples
  1. Her childish behavior really get to me
  2. His lying really gets me
verb
evoke an emotional response
Examples
  1. Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time
verb
apprehend and reproduce accurately
Synonyms
catch
Examples
  1. She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings
  2. She got the mood just right in her photographs
verb
earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
Synonyms
draw
Examples
  1. He drew a base on balls
verb
overcome or destroy
Examples
  1. The ice storm got my hibiscus
  2. the cat got the goldfish
verb
be a mystery or bewildering to
Synonyms
perplex vex stick puzzle mystify baffle beat pose bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus gravel amaze dumbfound
Examples
  1. This beats me!
  2. Got me--I don't know the answer!
  3. a vexing problem
  4. This question really stuck me
verb
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Synonyms
get down begin start out start set about set out commence
Examples
  1. We began working at dawn
  2. Who will start?
  3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
  4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
  5. He began early in the day
  6. Let's get down to work now
verb
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
Synonyms
suffer sustain have
Examples
  1. She suffered a fracture in the accident
  2. He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars
  3. She got a bruise on her leg
  4. He got his arm broken in the scuffle
verb
make (offspring) by reproduction
Synonyms
beget engender father mother sire generate bring forth
Examples
  1. Abraham begot Isaac
  2. John fathered four daughters

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