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G0108400 (gĕt) v. got (gŏt), got·ten (gŏt′n) or got , get·ting, gets v. tr. 1. a. To come into possession or use of; receive: got a cat for her birthday. b. To meet with or incur: got nothing but trouble for her efforts. 2. a. To go after and obtain: got a book at the library; got breakfast in town. b. To go after and bring: Get me a pillow. c. To purchase; buy: get groceries. 3. a. To acquire as a result of action or effort: He got his information from the internet. You can't get water out of a stone. b. To earn: got high marks in math. c. To accomplish or attain as a result of military action. 4. To obtain by concession or request: couldn't get the time off; got permission to go. 5. a. To arrive at; reach: When did you get home? b. To reach and board; catch: She got her plane two minutes before takeoff. 6. To succeed in communicating with, as by telephone: can't get me at the office until nine. 7. To become affected with (an illness, for example) by infection or exposure; catch: get the flu; got the mumps. 8. a. To be subjected to; undergo: got a severe concussion. b. To receive as retribution or punishment: got six years in prison for tax fraud. c. To sustain a specified injury to: got my arm broken. 9. a. To perceive or become aware of by one of the senses: get a whiff of perfume; got a look at the schedule. b. To gain or have understanding of: Do you get this question? c. To learn (a poem, for example) by heart; memorize. d. To find or reach by calculating: get a total; can't get the answer. 10. To procreate; beget: "Is my life given me for nothing but to get children and work to bring them up?" (D.H. Lawrence). 11. a. To cause to become or be in a specified state or condition: got the children tired and cross; got the shirt clean. b. To make ready; prepare: get lunch for the family. c. To cause to come or go: got the car through traffic. d. To cause to move or leave: Get me out of here! 12. To cause to undertake or perform; prevail on: got the guide to give us the complete tour. 13. a. To take, especially by force; seize: The detective got the suspect as he left the restaurant. b. Informal To overcome or destroy: The ice storm got the rose bushes. c. To evoke an emotional response or reaction in: Romantic music really gets me. d. To annoy or irritate: What got me was his utter lack of initiative. e. To present a difficult problem to; puzzle: "It's the suspect's indifference that gets me," the detective said. f. To take revenge on, especially to kill in revenge for a wrong. g. Informal To hit or strike: She got him on the chin. The bullet got him in the arm. 14. Baseball To put out or strike out: got the batter with a cut fastball. 15. To begin or start. Used with the present participle: I have to get working on this or I'll miss my deadline. 16. a. To have current possession of. Used in the present perfect form with the meaning of the present: We've got plenty of cash. b. Nonstandard To have current possession of. Used in the past tense form with the meaning of the present: They got a nice house in town. c. To have as an obligation. Used in the present perfect form with the meaning of the present: I have got to leave early. You've got to do the dishes. d. Nonstandard To have as an obligation. Used in the past tense with the meaning of the present: They got to clean up this mess. v. intr. 1. a. To become or grow to be: eventually got well. b. To be successful in coming or going: When will we get to Dallas? 2. To be able or permitted: never got to see Europe; finally got to work at home. 3. a. To be successful in becoming: get free of a drug problem. b. Used with the past participle of transitive verbs as a passive voice auxiliary: got stung by a bee. c. To become drawn in, entangled, or involved: got into debt; get into a hassle. 4. Informal To depart immediately: yelled at the dog to get. 5. To work for gain or profit; make money: Do you feel as though you're exhausting yourself getting and not making enough for spending? n. 1. Progeny; offspring: a thoroughbred's get. 2. Chiefly British Slang git².3. Sports A return, as in tennis, on a shot that seems impossible to reach. Phrasal Verbs: get across 1. To make understandable or clear: tried to get my point across. 2. To be convincing or understandable: How can I get across to the students? get after To urge or scold: You should get after them to mow the lawn. get ahead To improve one's situation; be successful. get along 1. To be or continue to be on harmonious terms: gets along with the in-laws. 2. To manage or fare with reasonable success: can't get along on those wages. 3. To make progress: Are you getting along with the project? 4. To grow old: getting along in years. 5. To go away; leave: The store owner told the children to get along. get around 1. To circumvent or evade: managed to get around the rules. 2. To deal with; overcome: got around the problem. 3. To convince or win over by flattering or cajoling. 4. To travel from place to place: It is hard to get around without a car. 5. To become known; circulate: Word got around. 6. To have numerous sexual partners; be promiscuous. get at 1. To touch or reach successfully: The cat hid where we couldn't get at it. 2. To try to make understandable; hint at or suggest: I don't know what you're getting at. 3. To discover or understand: tried to get at the cause of the problem. 4. Informal To bribe or influence by improper or illegal means: He got at the judge, and the charges were dismissed. get away 1. To break free; escape. 2. To leave or go away: wanted to come along, but couldn't get away. get back To return to a person, place, or condition: Let's get back to the subject at hand. get by 1. To succeed at a level of minimal acceptability or with the minimal amount of effort: just got by in college. 2. To succeed in managing; survive: We'll get by if we economize. 3. To be unnoticed or ignored by: The mistake got by the editor, but the proofreader caught it. get down 1. To descend. 2. To give one's attention. Often used with to: Let's get down to work. 3. To exhaust, discourage, or depress: The heat was getting me down. 4. To swallow: got the pill down on the first try. 5. To describe in writing: If I could just get down how I feel! 6. Informal To lose one's inhibitions; enjoy oneself wholeheartedly. get in 1. To enter: got in the garage. 2. To arrive: We got in late last night. 3. To become or cause to become involved: She got in with the wrong crowd. Repeated loans from the finance company got me deeper in debt. 4. To become accepted, as in a club. 5. To succeed in making or doing: got in six deliveries before noon. get into 1. To become involved in: got into trouble by stealing cars. 2. Informal To be interested in: got into gourmet cooking. 3. To affect, especially negatively: What's gotten into you lately? get off 1. To start, as on a trip; leave. 2. To fire (a round of ammunition, for example): got off two shots before the deer disappeared. 3. To write and send, as a letter. 4. To escape, as from punishment or danger: got off scot-free. 5. To obtain a release or lesser penalty for: The attorney got her client off with a slap on the wrist. 6. To get permission to leave one's workplace: got off early and went fishing. 7. Informal To act or speak with effrontery: Where does he get off telling me to hurry up? 8. Slang a. To have an orgasm. b. To feel great pleasure or gratification: gets off on gossiping about coworkers. c. To experience euphoria, for example, as a result of taking a drug. get on 1. To be or continue on harmonious terms: gets on well with the neighbors. 2. To manage or fare: How are you getting on? 3. To make progress; continue: get on with a performance. 4. To grow old: The CEO is getting on and will retire soon. 5. To acquire understanding or knowledge: got on to the con game. get out 1. To leave or escape: Our canary got out. 2. To become known: Somehow the secret got out. 3. To publish, as a newspaper. get over 1. To get across: got over the ditch. 2. To recover from: finally got over the divorce. get through 1. To finish or assist in finishing: The rat got through the maze. His mother got him through the college application process. 2. To succeed in making contact: telephoned but couldn't get through. 3. To make oneself understood: What do I need to do to get through to you? get to 1. To begin. Used with the present participle: got to reminiscing. 2. To start to deal with: didn't get to the housework until Sunday. 3. To influence or affect, especially adversely: The noise really gets to me. get together 1. To bring together; gather: getting the author's correspondence together. 2. To come together: We got together for lunch. 3. To arrive at an agreement: The feuding parties finally got together. get up 1. To arise from bed or rise to one's feet: She got up and opened the door. 2. To climb: How long will it take to get up the mountain? 3. To act as the creator or organizer of: got up a petition against rezoning. 4. To dress or adorn: She got herself up in a bizarre outfit. 5. To find within oneself; summon: got up the nerve to quit. Idioms: get around to To find the time or occasion for; deal with: We finally got around to unpacking our knickknacks. get away with To escape the consequences of (a blameworthy act, for example): got away with cheating. get back at To take revenge on. get cracking To begin to work; get started. get even To obtain revenge. get even with To repay with an equivalent act, as for revenge. get going To make a beginning; get started. get hold (or ahold) of1. To bring into one's grasp, possession, or control. 2. To communicate with, especially by telephone. get it Informal To be punished or scolded: You broke the vase. Now you're really going to get it! get it on Slang 1. To become filled with energy or excitement. 2. To engage in sexual intercourse. get it up Vulgar Slang To have an erection. get nowhere To make no progress. get (one's) Informal To receive one's due punishment: After sassing his parents, he really got his. get on the stick To begin to work. get on with To continue or resume doing (something); make progress regarding: We must get on with the project. get out of To gain release from the obligation of: She tried to get out of taking her brother to the mall. He couldn't get out of his date on Saturday. get (someone's) goat To make angry or vexed. get somewhere Informal To make progress. get there Informal To make progress or achieve success: I'm not finished, but I'm getting there. get wind of To learn of: got wind of the scheme.

[Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta; see ghend- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

get′a·ble, get′ta·ble adj. Usage Note: The use of get in the passive, as in We got sunburned at the beach, is generally avoided in formal writing. In less formal contexts, however, the construction can provide a useful difference in tone or emphasis, as between the sentences The demonstrators were arrested and The demonstrators got arrested. The first example implies that the responsibility for the arrests rests primarily with the police, while the example using get implies that the demonstrators deliberately provoked the arrests. · In colloquial use and in numerous nonstandard varieties of American English, the past tense form got has the meaning of the present. This arose probably by dropping the helping verb have from the past perfects have got, has got. We've got to go, we've got a lot of problems became We got to go, we got a lot of problems. The reanalysis of got as a present-tense form has led to the creation of a third-person singular gots in some varieties of English.

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G0108400 (gĕt)n. pl. git·tin (gē-tēn′, gĭt′ĭn) 1. A document presented by a husband to his wife whereby a divorce is effected between them according to Jewish religious law.2. A divorce effected by a get.

[Mishnaic Hebrew gēṭ, from Aramaic, from Akkadian giṭṭu, long clay tablet, receipt, document, from Sumerian gíd.da, long.]

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You use get to or grow to in front of another verb to say that someone gradually starts to have a particular attitude or feeling. Grow to is more formal than get to.

I got to like the idea after a while.I grew to dislike working for him.

You also use get to to say that someone gradually starts to know or realize something.

I got to understand it more as I grew older.You'll enjoy college when you get to know a few people.

If you get to do something, you have the opportunity to do it.

They get to stay in nice hotels.We don't get to see each other very often.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	get to - reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"progress to, reach, makeachieve, attain, accomplish, reach - to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
	2.	get to - arrive at the point of; "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long"begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
	3.	get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get atget under one's skin, get - irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"eat into, rankle, grate, fret - gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"peeve - cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentfulruffle - trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"fret - cause annoyance inbeset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"antagonize, antagonise - provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"displease - give displeasure to

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verb1. To come into possession of:acquire, come by, gain, obtain, procure, secure, win.Informal: land, pick up.2. To obtain from another source:derive, draw, take.3. To acquire as a result of one's behavior or effort:deserve, earn, gain, merit, win.Informal: rate.4. To gain possession of, especially after a struggle or chase:capture, catch, net, secure, take.Informal: bag.Slang: nail.5. To receive, as wages, for one's labor:earn, gain, make, win.Informal: pull down.Idioms: earn a living, earn one's keep.6. To succeed in communicating with:contact, reach.Idioms: catch up with , get hold of, get in touch with, get through to, get to.7. To become affected with a disease:catch, contract, develop, sicken, take.Idiom: come down with.8. To perceive and recognize the meaning of:accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand.Informal: savvy.Slang: dig.Chiefly British: twig.Scots: ken.Idioms: get a handle on, get the picture.9. To gain knowledge or mastery of by study:learn, master.Informal: pick up.10. To be the biological father of:beget, breed, father, procreate, sire.11. To cause to be in a certain state or to undergo a particular experience or action:have, make.12. Informal. To leave hastily:bolt, get out, run.Informal: clear out, hotfoot, skedaddle.Slang: hightail, scram, vamoose.Idioms: beat it, hightail it, hotfoot it , make tracks.13. To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way:argue into, bring, bring around (or round), convince, induce, persuade, prevail on (or upon), sell (on), talk into.14. To obtain possession or control of:capture, gain, take, win.Slang: cop.15. To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from.Also used with to:affect, impress, move, strike, touch.16. To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations:aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out, rile, ruffle, vex.Idioms: get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get under one's skin.17. To come to be:become, come, grow, turn (out), wax.phrasal verb
get acrossTo make known:break, carry, communicate, convey, disclose, impart, pass, report, tell, transmit.phrasal verb
get aheadTo gain success:arrive, get on, go far, rise, succeed.Idioms: go places, make good, make it.phrasal verb
get along1. To live or act together in harmony:get on, harmonize.Informal: cotton.Idiom: hit it off.2. To go forward, especially toward a conclusion:advance, come (along), march, move, proceed, progress.3. To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances:do, fare, fend, get by, manage, muddle through, shift.Informal: make out.Idioms: make do, make shift.4. To grow old:age, get on.phrasal verb
get around1. To keep away from:avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, shun.Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep clear of.2. To become known far and wide:circulate, go around, spread, travel.Idiom: go the rounds.phrasal verb
get away1. To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation:abscond, break out, decamp, escape, flee, fly, run away.Informal: skip (out).Slang: lam.Regional: absquatulate.Idioms: blow the coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam.2. To move or proceed away from a place:depart, exit, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.Informal: cut out, push off, shove off.Slang: blow, split, take off.Idioms: hit the road, take leave.phrasal verb
get behindTo aid the cause of by approving or favoring:advocate, back, champion, endorse, plump for, recommend, side with, stand behind, stand by, support, uphold.Idioms: align oneself with, go to bat for, take the part of.phrasal verb
get byTo progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances:do, fare, fend, get along, manage, muddle through, shift.Informal: make out.Idioms: make do, make shift.phrasal verb
get inTo come to a particular place:arrive, check in, pull in, reach, show up, turn up.Slang: blow in.Idiom: make an appearance.phrasal verb
get off1. To go about the initial step in doing (something):approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake.Informal: kick off.Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road.2. To move or proceed away from a place:depart, exit, get away, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.Informal: cut out, push off, shove off.Slang: blow, split, take off.Idioms: hit the road, take leave.phrasal verb
get on1. To put (an article of clothing) on one's person:assume, don, pull on, put on, slip into, slip on.2. To live or act together in harmony:get along, harmonize.Informal: cotton.Idiom: hit it off.3. To gain success:arrive, get ahead, go far, rise, succeed.Idioms: go places, make good, make it.4. To grow old:age, get along.phrasal verb
get out1. To leave hastily:bolt, run.Informal: clear out, get, hotfoot, skedaddle.Slang: hightail, scram, vamoose.Idioms: beat it, hightail it, hotfoot it , make tracks.2. To be made public:break, come out, out, transpire.Informal: leak (out).Idiom: come to light.phrasal verb
get toTo reach (a goal or objective):arrive at, attain, come to, gain.Informal: hit on (or upon).phrasal verb
get together1. To bring together:assemble, call, cluster, collect, congregate, convene, convoke, gather, group, muster, round up, summon.2. To come together:assemble, cluster, collect, congregate, convene, forgather, gather, group, muster.3. To come together face-to-face by arrangement:meet, rendezvous.4. To come to an understanding or to terms:accord, agree, coincide, concur, harmonize.phrasal verb
get up1. To leave one's bed:arise, pile, rise, roll out.Informal: turn out.Idiom: rise and shine.2. To adopt a standing posture:arise, rise, stand (up), uprise, upspring.Idiom: get to one's feet.nounA group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors:brood, issue, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed.

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