I got arrested for careless driving.gotgot /ɡɒt $ ɡɑːt/ 
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I got arrested for careless driving. The thief got more than he bargained for, as Mr Cox tripped him up with his walking stick. Do you know how the phone got broken (=became broken)? I tried to be friendly but I just got the brush-off. Davis got busted for drugs. She’s got a cheek; she just goes on till she gets what she wants. Over many years, the pipes had got clogged up with grease. He seems to have got it cracked. We got creamed 45–6. Kitty got totally crocked last night. The failure of their marriage has got a lot of exposure recently. Anna got fed up with waiting. Helen got a first in Law. She’s got the flu. The appeal has got off to a flying start, with over £200,000 raised in the first week. I nearly got frostbite. I’d go to university if I got half the chance. She’s got a real hang-up about her body. I know a girl who got hooked on cocaine. I got hooked on TV when I was sick. In time, I got to like her (=began to like her). I got on the line to (=phoned) the hospital as soon as I heard about the accident. He’s already got a new job lined up. I got thoroughly lost on the way here. We got completely mashed last night. You got us into this mess, Terry. You can get us out of it. Sorry I forgot. I’ve got a lot on my mind (=a lot of problems to worry about) at the moment. I must have got the times mixed up. My papers got all mixed up. The player got a monstering from his manager. Could you just repeat those figures – I’ve got a bit muddled up. Who got the Oscar (=won it) for best actress? I got a phone call from someone called Mike. Ring Mum and let her know we got here in one piece. Very little of his poetry actually got into print (=was printed). She got run over outside the school. He got the sack for stealing. He got into all sorts of scrapes as a boy. He got his second wind and ran on. I can’t believe you paid that much. You got shafted. We all got completely slaughtered last night. Her shoes got soaked as she walked through the wet grass. He’d got soft after all those years in a desk job. The cake got a bit squashed on the way here. They got stuck in a traffic jam. I’ve got something stuck in my throat. Her performance got the thumbs down from the critics. Sam’s got tonsillitis. I’ve got toothache. Sorry, we got waylaid at the bar. Don’t tell Mum about this – she’s got enough to worry about (=she already has a lot of problems or is very busy).
I got arrested for careless driving. The thief got more than he bargained for, as Mr Cox tripped him up with his walking stick. Do you know how the phone got broken (=became broken)? I tried to be friendly but I just got the brush-off. Davis got busted for drugs. She’s got a cheek; she just goes on till she gets what she wants. Over many years, the pipes had got clogged up with grease.· She’s staying at home today because she’s got a cold.
· I’ve had a cough for weeks now.
He seems to have got it cracked. We got creamed 45–6. Kitty got totally crocked last night. The failure of their marriage has got a lot of exposure recently. Anna got fed up with waiting. Helen got a first in Law. She’s got the flu. The appeal has got off to a flying start, with over £200,000 raised in the first week. I nearly got frostbite. I’d go to university if I got half the chance. She’s got a real hang-up about her body. I know a girl who got hooked on cocaine. I got hooked on TV when I was sick. In time, I got to like her (=began to like her). I got on the line to (=phoned) the hospital as soon as I heard about the accident. He’s already got a new job lined up. I got thoroughly lost on the way here. We got completely mashed last night. You got us into this mess, Terry. You can get us out of it. Sorry I forgot. I’ve got a lot on my mind (=a lot of problems to worry about) at the moment. I must have got the times mixed up. My papers got all mixed up. The player got a monstering from his manager. Could you just repeat those figures – I’ve got a bit muddled up. Who got the Oscar (=won it) for best actress? I got a phone call from someone called Mike. Ring Mum and let her know we got here in one piece. Very little of his poetry actually got into print (=was printed). She got run over outside the school. He got the sack for stealing. He got into all sorts of scrapes as a boy. He got his second wind and ran on. I can’t believe you paid that much. You got shafted. We all got completely slaughtered last night. Her shoes got soaked as she walked through the wet grass. He’d got soft after all those years in a desk job. The cake got a bit squashed on the way here. They got stuck in a traffic jam. I’ve got something stuck in my throat. Her performance got the thumbs down from the critics. Sam’s got tonsillitis. I’ve got toothache. Sorry, we got waylaid at the bar. Don’t tell Mum about this – she’s got enough to worry about (=she already has a lot of problems or is very busy).PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► like the cat that got the cream► if you’ve got it, flaunt it► somebody got game► I’ve got it► have (got) the TV/radio/washing machine etc on► have (got) something licked► have you got a minute?► you name it (they’ve got it)!► I’ve got news for you► got it in one!► I’ve only got one pair of hands► pull the other one (it’s got bells on)► what have you got to say for yourself?
the past tense and a past participle of getGRAMMARIn standard English, you say that someone has something or has got something: · I think he’s got an idea. ✗Don’t say: I think he got an idea.- Additionally, many students have brought with them to school the chaos that surrounds their life outside school.
- And then, suddenly, she sees Dieter going off on his own, and decides to have it out with him.
- She'd have a natter with him if he were, something she often did on her half-days.
- To have played with them then, and still to be in contact, is a great privilege and pleasure.
- We would have to deal with it then.
- What he would have done with it had not other events intruded is problematical.
- Workers have tinkered with it for nearly 18 months to no avail.
- You could have come with me as my husband.
- Helen used to have the house to herself.
- I have said to myself that that is wrong.
- I must have been jealous of her life away from me, and wished to have her entirely to myself.
- Most of the people in the boardinghouse would go home, and he and I would have the house to ourselves.
- Mummy stopped the car at once, even though the pizza parlour was so crowded that they couldn't have a table to themselves.
- Of course, the Little Sprouts and the Plumpsters could have kept to themselves.
- She regrets she is so much in the way of the young people, who really should have some time to themselves.
- They could; and should have won this match and the players have to look to themselves.
- He had it coming, and I did him in.
- Put like that and you might think they had it coming.
- That pair obviously just had it coming.
- But then, Riley, why should I have it in for the nuns?
- They will have it in for us in a big way.
- All we have to go on is what other societies do.
- Expatriates should also take into account any fees that they will have to pay on buying a home.
- Indeed an inquiry of this sort should not, in my view, have been conducted on adversarial lines at all.
- It's thought around 70 travellers have been living on the site for several weeks.
- Maybe Desert Storm should have gone on at least to Basrah, if not indeed to Baghdad.
- Readers of the Financial Times will have noted reports on the forming of major and powerful consortia.
- The company has undergone an extensive reorganization since then, so the numbers have changed.
- We have been on a very high state of alert.
- All we have to go on is what other societies do.
- Expatriates should also take into account any fees that they will have to pay on buying a home.
- Indeed an inquiry of this sort should not, in my view, have been conducted on adversarial lines at all.
- It's thought around 70 travellers have been living on the site for several weeks.
- Maybe Desert Storm should have gone on at least to Basrah, if not indeed to Baghdad.
- Readers of the Financial Times will have noted reports on the forming of major and powerful consortia.
- The company has undergone an extensive reorganization since then, so the numbers have changed.
- We have been on a very high state of alert.
- All we have to go on is what other societies do.
- Expatriates should also take into account any fees that they will have to pay on buying a home.
- Indeed an inquiry of this sort should not, in my view, have been conducted on adversarial lines at all.
- It's thought around 70 travellers have been living on the site for several weeks.
- Maybe Desert Storm should have gone on at least to Basrah, if not indeed to Baghdad.
- Readers of the Financial Times will have noted reports on the forming of major and powerful consortia.
- The company has undergone an extensive reorganization since then, so the numbers have changed.
- We have been on a very high state of alert.
- Another time she seemed to have nothing on under a grass skirt as she danced on a mirrored floor.
- He realized she must have nothing on.
- She seemed to have nothing on underneath, which made the wheel in my stomach behave in an entirely crazy fashion.
- When it comes to conniving, deceptive control freaks, ex-boyfriends have nothing on record companies.
- Where that girl is concerned I have nothing on my conscience.
- Nowadays, these people have got it made.
- Others chimed in, saying those who have it made are pulling up the ladder on those less fortunate.
- And when several events air live simultaneously, some of them have to be taped.
- It should have been taped for a campaign training film; it was too perfect.
- Several other infinitely more damaging conversations involving him have been taped over the past few weeks.
- If they think it's going to be an easy game, they've got another think coming!
- What's happened to all your brains, Frankie boy? Cat got your tongue?