Got is the past tense and past participle of get1.
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See have got sth
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See have got to do sth
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See have got to do sth
got in British English
(ɡɒt)
verb
1. the past tense and past participle of get
2. have got
3. have got it bad
got in American English
(gɑt)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
Chiefly British
get
▶ USAGE: See usage note at get verb transitive
More idioms containing
got
like the cat that got the cream
someone got out of bed the wrong side
have got something taped
Examples of 'got' in a sentence
got
Once they got home there was no more procrastination.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But we'd already got what we wanted.
The Sun (2007)
People would load up the trolley and then when they got home there was nowhere to store the stuff so it made homes cluttered.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I tried calling the hospital but just got answering machines.
The Sun (2010)
I'd just got used to it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He'd already got the hang of it and didn't want to come up!
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
When I got back there was a massive celebration, with all the cabinet ministers coming to the airport to meet me.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
All related terms of 'got'
get
You use get with adjectives to mean 'become'. For example, if someone gets cold , they become cold, and if they get angry , they become angry.
have got
to possess
have got sth
You use have got to say that someone has a particular thing, or to mention a quality or characteristic that someone or something has. In informal American English , people sometimes just use 'got'.
get at
To get at something means to succeed in reaching it.
get by
If you can get by with what you have, you can manage to live or do things in a satisfactory way.
get in
If a political party or a politician gets in , they are elected.
get on
If you get on with someone, you like them and have a friendly relationship with them.
get up
When someone who is sitting or lying down gets up , they rise to a standing position.
get away
If you get away , you succeed in leaving a place or a person's company .
get back
If someone or something gets back to a state they were in before, they are then in that state again.
get down
If something gets you down , it makes you unhappy .
get into
If you get into a particular kind of work or activity, you manage to become involved in it.
get off
If someone who has broken a law or rule gets off , they are not punished , or are given only a very small punishment .
get onto
to board or cause or help to board (a bus , train, etc)
get out
If you get out , you leave a place because you want to escape from it, or because you are made to leave it.
get over
If you get over an unpleasant or unhappy experience or an illness, you recover from it.
have got it bad
to be infatuated
get about
If you get about , you go to different places and visit different people.
get across
When an idea gets across or when you get it across , you succeed in making other people understand it.
get ahead
If you want to get ahead , you want to be successful in your career .
get along
If you get along with someone, you have a friendly relationship with them. You can also say that two people get along .
get around
To get around a problem or difficulty means to overcome it.
get round
to circumvent or overcome
have (got) it made
to be assured of success
get in on
If you get in on something that other people are already involved in, you take part in it.
get on to
If you get on to a topic when you are speaking , you start talking about it.
get through
If you get through a task or an amount of work, especially when it is difficult , you complete it.
get up to
If you say that someone gets up to something, you mean that they do it and you do not approve of it.
got what one deserved
If you say that someone got what they deserved , you mean that they deserved the bad thing that happened to them, and you have no sympathy for them.
have got to do sth
You use have got to when you are saying that something is necessary or must happen in the way stated. In informal American English , the 'have' is sometimes omitted .
get back to
If you get back to an activity , you start doing it again after you have stopped doing it.
get down to
If you get down to something, especially something that requires a lot of attention , you begin doing it.
get in with
If someone tries to get in with you, they try to become friendly with you because they think that they will benefit in some way .
get off on
If you get off on something, you are very excited by it, especially sexually excited.
get out of
If you get out of doing something that you do not want to do, you succeed in avoiding doing it.
get-together
When people get together , they meet in order to discuss something or to spend time together.
have got something taped
to think that you fully understand something and are in control of it
get around to
When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
get away with
If you get away with doing something wrong or risky , you do not suffer any punishment or other bad consequences because of it.
get off with
If you get off with someone, you start a romantic or sexual relationship with them.
get over with
If you want to get something unpleasant over with , you want to do it or finish experiencing it quickly, since you cannot avoid it.
have (got) sth on the go
If you have something on the go , you have started it and are busy doing it.
to have not got a prayer
If you say that someone hasn't got a prayer , you mean that it is impossible for them to succeed in what they are trying to do.
you've got another think coming
you are mistaken and will soon have to alter your opinion
like the cat that got the cream
looking very satisfied and happy
have nothing on
to have no engagements to keep
got out of bed on the wrong side
If you say that someone got out of bed on the wrong side , you mean that they have been bad-tempered ever since they woke up that morning .
have it in for
to wish or intend harm towards
have the wood on
to have an advantage over
been there, done that (got the t-shirt)
People say been there, done that to show that they have had a similar experience to the one that has just been mentioned .
Chinese translation of 'got'
got
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have you got your umbrella?你有伞(傘)吗(嗎)？ (nǐ yǒu sǎn ma?)
he has got to accept the situation他只得接受现(現)状(狀) (tā zhǐdé jiēshòu xiànzhuàng)
( person : travel ) 旅行 lǚxíng (: move about ) 各处(處)走动(動) gèchù zǒudòng ▶ I can't get about as much as I used to 我不能再像我过(過)去那样(樣)到处(處)走动(動)了 wǒ bùnéng zài xiàng wǒ guòqù nàyàng dàochù zǒudòng le
get along
( be friends ) 相处(處) xiāngchǔ
get away
( leave ) 脱(脫)身 tuōshēn
get back
( return ) 回来(來) huílái
get down
趴下 pāxià
get into
( become part of : conversation, argument, fight ) 进(進)行 jìnxíng ( sphere of activity ) 开(開)始从(從)事 kāishǐ cóngshì ( university, school ) 进(進)入 jìnrù