noun
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Offspring.
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Lineage.
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A difficult return or block of a shot.
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Something gained; an acquisition.
verb
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(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
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I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
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To receive.
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He got a severe reprimand for that.
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(in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
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I've got a concert ticket for you.
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To fetch, bring, take.
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Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
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To become, or cause oneself to become.
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I'm getting hungry; how about you?
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To cause to become; to bring about.
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I can't get these boots off (or on).
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To cause to do.
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I can't get it to work.
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To cause to come or go or move.
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I got him to his room.
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To cause to be in a certain status or position.
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Get him here at once.
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(with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
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I'm getting into a muddle.
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To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
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to get a mile
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To begin (doing something or to do something).
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After lunch we got chatting.
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To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
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I normally get the 7:45 train.
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To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
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Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.
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(followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
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Great. I get to clean the toilets today.
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To understand. (compare get it)
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I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
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To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
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"You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."
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To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
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He got bitten by a dog.
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To become ill with or catch (a disease).
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I went on holiday and got malaria.
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To catch out, trick successfully.
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He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.
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To perplex, stump.
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That question's really got me.
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To find as an answer.
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What did you get for question four?
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To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
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I'm gonna get him for that.
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To hear completely; catch.
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Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?
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To getter.
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I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
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To beget (of a father).
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To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
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to get a lesson; to get out one's Greek lesson
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Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
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Get her with her new hairdo.
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To go, to leave; to scram.
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To kill.
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They’re coming to get you, Barbara.
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To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
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To measure.
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Did you get her temperature?
Examples of get in a Sentence
Let's get in out of this cold wind.
Now go home and get some rest.
Let's get the kids ready to go.
Here, then, I made my home; and although it is a lonely place I amuse myself making rustles and flutters, and so get along very nicely.
But how are you to get that balance?
No, so I could get over it.
We'd better get ready for lunch.
I'm going to make myself a sandwich and get back to work.
Things would get better.
His father was never able to get custody of him as a child.
To get back to that time and have done with all the present!
And what seems clear is that, sooner or later, we will get there.
Would she get air sick?
He didn't want to go and he had made no effort to get along with his father.
He even tried to get custody of Alex.
You'd better stay in out of the weather... and get some rest.
Self-teaching algorithms will get better and better at making suggestions.
Was this surrogacy actually an attempt to get an heir?
Nations can do this by acquiring enough military might that an attempted land grab would cost their neighbors more than they would get if successful.
Even in the country do we get any rest?
No one will ever get lost again.
It isn't going to get any easier, so I'd better shape up.
So whether you are rich or poor in the future, you will own this pan and get this benefit.
Will you kindly tell us which way your mother went to get on top the earth?
Then we will all go down together and Maria can get acquainted with her while you are measured for a dress.
Tomorrow, you get a thirtyfold raise and are now making a million dollars a year.
An exception worth noting is that the poor who get better products at cheaper prices will see their wealth rise accordingly.
To co-operate in the highest as well as the lowest sense, means to get our living together.
You fell asleep alright, but we didn't get that far.
As Dulce had pointed out, he was trying to get away from the family.
Even so, everyone was anxious to get back home.
Things will get better.
Could you get them out?
It sounded like a good chance to get away from this house and the memories for a while.
Why are you trying to get away from me, Litha?
Yancey went inside to get her pictures and mail.
Now I have to get to work.
She was beginning to get a bad feeling.
I'll get you some hay.
What took you two so long to get water?
I'll get the number.
I'll just have to get used to being idle.
Every time you go into the woods, you get into trouble.
In which case, she needed to get her things and leave.
Whatever she couldn't get into it, she would simply have to leave behind.
I know I could get mugged, but that could happen in the hospital parking lot if I was driving a car.
The old horse panted a little, and had to stop often to get his breath.
There was no way to get the creature out without breaking the vase, so the Tin Woodman smashed it with his axe and set the little prisoner free.
They shall get no powder, if I can help it.
They feared that the wolf was upon him; but he wished only to get his gun.