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单词 get
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1. changing, causing, moving, or reaching2. obtaining, receiving, or catching3. phrases and phrasal verbs
get
(get )
changing, causing, moving, or reaching
Word forms: gets , getting , got , gotten language note:   In most of its uses get is a fairly informal word. Gotten is an American form of the past participle.
1. link verb B1+
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.
The boys were getting bored. [VERB adjective]
There's no point in getting upset. [VERB adjective]
From here on, it can only get better. [VERB adjective]
Synonyms: become, grow, turn, wax  
2. link verb B1+
Get is used with expressions referring to states or situations. For example, to get into trouble means to start being in trouble.
Half the pleasure of an evening out is getting ready. [VERB adjective]
Perhaps I shouldn't say that–I might get into trouble. [VERB preposition/adverb]
How did we get into this recession, and what can we do to get out of it? [VERB preposition/adverb]
3. verb B1+
To get someone or something into a particular state or situation means to cause them to be in it.
I don't know if I can get it clean. [VERB noun adjective]
What got me interested was looking at an old New York Times. [VERB noun adjective]
Brian will get them out of trouble. [VERB noun preposition]
Synonyms: move, touch, affect, excite  
4. verb B2
If you get someone to do something, you cause them to do it by asking, persuading, or telling them to do it.
Get your partner to massage your abdomen. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
How did you get him to pose for this picture? [VERB noun to-infinitive]
Synonyms: persuade, convince, win over, induce  
5. verb B1+
If you get something done, you cause it to be done.
I might benefit from getting my teeth fixed. [VERB noun -ed]
It was best to get things done quickly. [VERB noun -ed]
6. verb A1
To get somewhere means to move there.
I got off the bed and opened the door. [VERB preposition/adverb]
How can I get past her without her seeing me? [VERB preposition/adverb]
I heard David yelling and telling them to get back. [VERB preposition/adverb]
7. verb A1
When you get to a place, you arrive there.
Generally I get to work at 9.30am. [VERB + to]
It was dark by the time she got home. [VERB adverb]
Synonyms: arrive, come, reach, make it [informal]  
8. verb B1+
To get something or someone into a place or position means to cause them to move there.
Mack got his wallet out. [VERB noun with adverb]
Go and get your coat on. [VERB noun with adverb]
The U.N. was supposed to be getting aid to where it was most needed. [VERB noun preposition]
9. auxiliary verb B1+
Get is often used in place of 'be' as an auxiliary verb to form passives.
Does she ever get asked for her autograph? [AUXILIARY -ed]
A pane of glass got broken. [AUXILIARY -ed]
10. verb
If you get to do something, you eventually or gradually reach a stage at which you do it.
Miller and Ferlinghetti got to be friends. [VERB to-infinitive]
No one could figure out how he got to be so wealthy. [VERB to-infinitive]
11. verb
If you get to do something, you manage to do it or have the opportunity to do it.
How do these people get to be the bosses of major companies? [VERB to-infinitive]
Do you get to see him often? [VERB to-infinitive]
They get to stay in nice hotels. [VERB to-infinitive]
Synonyms: manage, fix, succeed, arrange  
12. verb
You can use get in expressions like get moving, get going, and get working when you want to tell people to begin moving, going, or working quickly.
I aim to be off the lake before dawn, so let's get moving. [VERB verb-ing]
We need to get thinking, talking and acting on this before it is too late. [V -ing]
13. verb B2
If you get to a particular stage in your life or in something you are doing, you reach that stage.
We haven't got to the stage of a full-scale military conflict. [VERB + to]
If she gets that far, Jane may get legal aid to take her case to court. [VERB adverb]
It got to the point where I was so ill I was waiting to die. [VERB + to]
14. verb
You can use get to talk about the progress that you are making. For example, if you say that you are getting somewhere, you mean that you are making progress, and if you say that something won't get you anywhere, you mean it will not help you to progress at all.
Radical factions say the talks are getting nowhere and they want to withdraw. [VERB adverb]
My perseverance was getting me somewhere. [VERB noun adverb]
15. link verb B1
When it gets to a particular time, it is that time. If it is getting towards a particular time, it is approaching that time.
It got to after 1am and I was exhausted. [VERB + to]
It was getting towards evening when we got back. [V + towards]
It's getting late. [VERB adjective]
16. verb
If something that has continued for some time gets to you, it starts causing you to suffer.
That's the first time I lost my cool in 20 years in this job. This whole thing's getting to me. [VERB + to]
Synonyms: inherit, succeed to, fall heir to  
17. verb [no passive]
If something gets you, it annoys you. [informal]
What gets me is the attitude of so many of the people. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: annoy, upset, anger, bother  
get
(get )
obtaining, receiving, or catching
Word forms: gets , getting , got , gotten
1. verb A1
If you get something that you want or need, you obtain it.
I got a job at the sawmill. [VERB noun]
The problem was how to get enough food to sustain life. [VERB noun]
It is impossible to get help, so she is doing everything herself. [VERB noun]
He had been having trouble getting a hotel room. [VERB noun]
I asked him to get me some information. [VERB noun noun]
[Also VERB noun + for]
Synonyms: obtain, receive, gain, acquire  
2. verb A1
If you get something, you receive it or are given it.
I'm getting a bike for my birthday. [VERB noun]
He gets a lot of letters from women. [VERB noun]
They get a salary of $21,000 a year. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: earn, receive, make, collect  
3. verb A2
If you get someone or something, you go and bring them to a particular place.
I came down this morning to get the newspaper. [VERB noun]
Go and get me a large brandy. [VERB noun noun]
Go and get your daddy for me. [VERB noun + for]
Synonyms: fetch, bring, collect  
4. verb B2
If you get a meal, you prepare it.
She was getting breakfast as usual. [VERB noun]
5. verb A2
If you get a particular result, you obtain it from some action that you take, or from a calculation or experiment.
You could run that race again and get a different result each time. [VERB noun]
What do you get if you multiply six by nine? [VERB noun]
6. verb A2
If you get a particular price for something that you sell, you obtain that amount of money by selling it.
He can't get a good price for his crops. [VERB noun + for]
7. verb B1
If you get the time or opportunity to do something, you have the time or opportunity to do it.
You get time to think in prison. [VERB noun]
Whenever I get the chance I go to Maxim's for dinner. [VERB noun]
8. verb B2
If you get an idea, impression, or feeling, you begin to have that idea, impression, or feeling as you learn or understand more about something.
I get the feeling that you're an honest man. [VERB noun]
The study is an attempt to get a better idea of why people live where they do. [VERB noun]
Doctors can get the wrong impression from even an accurate description. [VERB noun]
9. verb A2
If you get a feeling or benefit from an activity or experience, the activity or experience gives you that feeling or benefit.
Charles got a shock when he saw him. [VERB noun]
She gets enormous pleasure out of working freelance. [V n + out of/from]
I would like to take pictures professionally because I get so much out of it. [V n out of/from n/-ing]
10. verb B1
If you get a look, view, or glimpse of something, you manage to see it.
Young men climbed on buses and fences to get a better view. [VERB noun]
Crowds shouted and pushed to get a glimpse of their hero. [VERB noun]
11. verb A2
If a place gets a particular type of weather, it has that type of weather.
Riyadh got 25 mm of rain in just 12 hours. [VERB noun]
Northern Kentucky is likely to get snow mixed with sleet. [VERB noun]
12. verb B2
If you get a joke or get the point of something that is said, you understand it.
Did you get that joke, Ann? I'll explain later. [VERB noun]
You don't seem to get the point. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: understand, follow, catch, see  
13. verb B1+
If you get an illness or disease, you become ill with it.
When I was five I got measles. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: catch, develop, contract, succumb to  
14. verb A1
When you get a train, bus, plane, or boat, you leave a place on a particular train, bus, plane, or boat.
It'll be two pounds to get the bus. [VERB noun]
What time are you getting your train? [VERB noun]
15. verb B1+
If you get a person or animal, you succeed in catching, killing, or hitting them.
Take it easy. We've got him. He's not going to kill anyone else. [VERB noun]
16. verb A2
If you get a newspaper or magazine, you regularly buy it.
We don't get a paper. [VERB noun]
17. verb B1
If you can get a particular radio or television channel, you are able to receive broadcasts from it on your radio or television.
I'm not sure if we can get Radio 4 in France. [VERB noun]
18.  See also getting, got
get
(get )
phrases and phrasal verbs
Word forms: gets , getting , got , gotten
1. as good/small as you can get (it) phrase
You can say that something is, for example, as good as you can get to mean that it is as good as it is possible for that thing to be.
Consort has a population of 714 and is about as rural and isolated as you can get.
...the diet that is as near to perfect as you can get it.
2. you can't get/there's no getting away from phrase
If you say you can't get away from something or there is no getting away from something, you are emphasizing that it is true, even though people might prefer it not to be true. [informal, emphasis]
There is no getting away from the fact that he is on the left of the party.
3. get away from it all phrase
If you get away from it all, you have a holiday in a place that is very different from where you normally live and work.
...the ravishing island of Ischia, where rich Italians get away from it all.
4. get lost/knotted/stuffed etc convention
Get is used in rude expressions like get stuffed and get lost to express contempt, disagreement, or refusal to do something. [rude, feelings]
5. get you! phrase
You can say get you to show that you think someone is acting as if they are more important, rich, or successful than they really are. [informal]
Get you in your fancy clothes!
6. how stupid/lucky can you get phrase B2
You can say, for example, 'How lucky can you get?' or 'How stupid can you get?' to show your surprise that anyone could be as lucky or stupid as the person that you are talking about. [informal, feelings]
I mean, how crazy can you get?
7. tell someone where to get off phrase [tell inflects]
If you tell someone where to get off, you tell them in a rather rude way that you are not going to do or agree to what they want. [informal]
I'd just go right up to them and tell them where to get off.
8. you get phrase
You can use you get instead of 'there is' or 'there are' to say that something exists, happens, or can be experienced. [spoken]
You get a lot of things like that now, don't you?
That's where you get some differences of opinion.
Phrasal verbs:
get about
1. phrasal verb
If you get about, you go to different places and visit different people.
So you're getting about a bit again? Not shutting yourself away? [VERB PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
The way that someone gets about is the way that they walk or go from one place to another.
She was finding it increasingly difficult to get about. [VERB PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb
If news gets about, it becomes well known as a result of being told to lots of people. [mainly British]
How did the rumours get about? [VERB PARTICLE]
The story had soon got about that he had been suspended. [VERB PARTICLE]
get across
phrasal verb B2
When an idea gets across or when you get it across, you succeed in making other people understand it.
Officers felt their point of view was not getting across to ministers. [VERB PARTICLE + to]
I had created a way to get my message across while using as few words as possible. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE]
get ahead
phrasal verb
If you want to get ahead, you want to be successful in your career.
He wanted safety, security, a home, and a chance to get ahead. [VERB PARTICLE]
get along
1. phrasal verb B2
If you get along with someone, you have a friendly relationship with them. You can also say that two people get along.
It's impossible to get along with him. [VERB PARTICLE + with]
They seemed to be getting along fine. [VERB PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
Get along means the same as get by.
You can't get along without water. [VERB PARTICLE preposition]
get around
regional note:   in BRIT, also use get round
1. phrasal verb
To get around a problem or difficulty means to overcome it.
None of these countries has found a way yet to get around the problem. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If you get around a rule or law, you find a way of doing something that the rule or law is intended to prevent, without actually breaking it.
Although tobacco ads are prohibited, companies get around the ban by sponsoring music shows. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
3. phrasal verb
If news gets around, it becomes well known as a result of being told to lots of people.
Word is getting around that this is a great place to work. [VERB PARTICLE that]
I'll see that it gets round that you've arrived. [VERB PARTICLE that]
4. phrasal verb
If you get around someone, you persuade them to allow you to do or have something by pleasing them or flattering them.
Max could always get round her. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
5. phrasal verb
If you get around, you visit a lot of different places as part of your way of life.
He claimed to be a journalist, and he got around. [VERB PARTICLE]
get around to
regional note:   in BRIT, also use get round to
phrasal verb
When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
I said I would write to you, but as usual I never got around to it. [V P P n/v-ing]
I've got bags of photographs and one day I'll get round to putting them in an album. [V P P n/-ing]
get at
1. phrasal verb B2
To get at something means to succeed in reaching it.
A goat was standing up against a tree on its hind legs, trying to get at the leaves. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb B2
If you get at the truth about something, you succeed in discovering it.
We want to get at the truth. Who killed him? And why? [VERB PARTICLE noun]
3. phrasal verb
If you get at someone, you keep criticizing or teasing them in an unkind way. [British, informal]
They don't like my moustache and my long hair, they get at me whenever they can. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
4. phrasal verb B2
If you ask someone what they are getting at, you are asking them to explain what they mean, usually because you think that they are being unpleasant or are suggesting something that is untrue.
'What are you getting at now?' demanded Rick.
get away
1. phrasal verb B2
If you get away, you succeed in leaving a place or a person's company.
She'd gladly have gone anywhere to get away from the cottage. [VERB PARTICLE + from]
We hang out together after training–nobody's in a rush to get away. [VERB PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb B2
If you get away, you go away for a period of time in order to have a holiday.
He is too busy to get away. [VERB PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb B1
When someone or something gets away, or when you get them away, they escape.
The victim was apparently trying to get away when he was shot. [VERB PARTICLE]
I wanted to get her away to somewhere safe. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb
If you get away from an old-fashioned or limited way of doing or thinking about something, you manage to do or think about it in a new way.
We want to get away from the politics of outdated dogmatism and class confrontation. [V P from n]
[Also VERB PARTICLE]
get away with
phrasal verb B2
If you get away with doing something wrong or risky, you do not suffer any punishment or other bad consequences because of it.
The criminals know how to play the system and get away with it. [V P P n/v-ing]
get back
1. phrasal verb B2
If someone or something gets back to a state they were in before, they are then in that state again.
Then life started to get back to normal. [VERB PARTICLE + to]
I couldn't get back to sleep. [VERB PARTICLE + to]
[Also V P + into]
2. phrasal verb B2
If you get back to a subject that you were talking about before, you start talking about it again.
It wasn't until we had sat down to eat that we got back to the subject of Tom Halliday. [V P + to/onto]
3. phrasal verb B2
If you get something back after you have lost it or after it has been taken from you, you then have it again.
You have 14 days in which you can cancel the contract and get your money back. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
4. phrasal verb
If you get back at someone or get them back, you do something unpleasant to them in order to have revenge for something unpleasant that they did to you. [informal]
Part of me wanted to get back at him for what he 'd done. [VERB PARTICLE + at]
I'm going to get you back so badly you'll never to be able to show your face again. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
get back to
phrasal verb B2
If you get back to an activity, you start doing it again after you have stopped doing it.
I think I ought to get back to work. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
get by
phrasal verb
If you can get by with what you have, you can manage to live or do things in a satisfactory way.
I'm a survivor. I'll get by. [VERB PARTICLE]
Melville managed to get by on a small amount of money. [VERB PARTICLE + on]
get down
1. phrasal verb B2
If something gets you down, it makes you unhappy.
At times when my work gets me down, I like to fantasize about being a farmer. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb B1+
If you get down, you lower your body until you are sitting, kneeling, or lying on the ground.
She got down on her hands and knees on the floor. [VERB PARTICLE + on]
'Get down!' she yelled. 'Somebody's shooting!' [VERB PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb
If you get something down, especially something that someone has just said, you write it down.
The idea has been in my head for quite a while and now I am getting it down on paper. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE noun]
4. phrasal verb
If you get food or medicine down, you swallow it, especially with difficulty. [informal]
I bit into a hefty slab of bread and cheese. When I had got it down I started talking. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE noun]
get down to
phrasal verb B2
If you get down to something, especially something that requires a lot of attention, you begin doing it.
With the election out of the way, the government can get down to business. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
get in
1. phrasal verb
If a political party or a politician gets in, they are elected.
I think he's genuinely Left wing–and will act as such if he gets in. [VERB PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If you get something in, you manage to do it at a time when you are very busy doing other things.
I plan to get a few lessons in. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb
To get crops or the harvest in means to gather them from the land and take them to a particular place.
We didn't get the harvest in until Christmas, there was so much snow. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb B1+
When a train, bus, or plane gets in, it arrives.
We would have come straight here, except our flight got in too late. [VERB PARTICLE]
5. phrasal verb
If you get something in, you eventually succeed in saying it, usually when a lot of people are talking at the same time or one person is talking without stopping.
It was hard to get a word in. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
get in on
phrasal verb
If you get in on something that other people are already involved in, you take part in it. [informal]
Four-year-olds are getting in on the tablet fad. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
get into
1. phrasal verb B2
If you get into a particular kind of work or activity, you manage to become involved in it.
He was eager to get into politics. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb B1+
If you get into a school, college, or university, you are accepted there as a student.
I was working hard to get into Cambridge. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
3. phrasal verb
If you ask what has got into someone, you mean that they are behaving very differently from the way they usually behave. [informal]
What has got into you today? Why are you behaving like this? [VERB PARTICLE noun]
get in with
phrasal verb
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. [disapproval]
She tried to get in with the people she thought would make her look important. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
get off
1. phrasal verb
If someone who has broken a law or rule gets off, they are not punished, or are given only a very small punishment.
He is likely to get off with a small fine. [VERB PARTICLE + with]
2. phrasal verb
If you get off, you leave a place because it is time to leave.
At eight I said 'I'm getting off now.' [VERB PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb B1+
If you tell someone to get off a piece of land or a property, you are telling them to leave, because they have no right to be there and you do not want them there.
I told you. Get off the farm. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
4. phrasal verb B1
You can tell someone to get off when they are touching something and you do not want them to.
I kept telling him to get off. [VERB PARTICLE]
'Get off me!' I screamed. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
5. phrasal verb [VERB PARTICLE]
If you get off, or get off to sleep, you succeed in falling asleep. [British]
get off on
phrasal verb
If you get off on something, you are very excited by it, especially sexually excited. [informal]
I'm an exhibitionist, and I get off on the entertainment we give people. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
get off with
phrasal verb
If you get off with someone, you start a romantic or sexual relationship with them. [British, informal]
She got off with him at the end of the night.
get on
1. phrasal verb B1
If you get on with someone, you like them and have a friendly relationship with them.
The host fears the guests won't get on.
What are your neighbours like? Do you get on with them? [VERB PARTICLE + with]
2. phrasal verb B2
If you get on with something, you continue doing it or start doing it.
Jane got on with her work. [VERB PARTICLE + with]
Let's get on. [VERB PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb B1
If you say how someone is getting on, you are saying how much success they are having with what they are trying to do.
Livy's getting on very well in Russian. She learns very quickly. [VERB PARTICLE adverb]
When he came back to see me I asked how he had got on. [VERB PARTICLE adverb]
4. phrasal verb B2
If you try to get on, you try to be successful in your career. [mainly British]
He is proof that you do not need to be a graduate to get on in this field. [VERB PARTICLE]
5. phrasal verb [usually cont]
If someone is getting on, they are getting old. [informal]
I'm nearly 31 and that's getting on a bit for a footballer. [VERB PARTICLE]
get on to
1. phrasal verb B2
If you get on to a topic when you are speaking, you start talking about it.
We got on to the subject of relationships. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If you get on to someone, you contact them in order to ask them to do something or to give them some information. [mainly British]
I got on to him and explained some of the things I had been thinking of. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
get out
1. phrasal verb B1+
If you get out, you leave a place because you want to escape from it, or because you are made to leave it.
They probably wanted to get out of the country. [VERB PARTICLE + of]
I told him to leave and get out. [VERB PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb B1+
If you get out, you go to places and meet people, usually in order to have a more enjoyable life.
Get out and enjoy yourself, make new friends. [VERB PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb B1
If you get out of an organization or a commitment, you withdraw from it.
I wanted to get out of the group, but they wouldn't let me. [VERB PARTICLE + of]
Getting out of the contract would be no problem. [VERB PARTICLE + of]
[Also VERB PARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb B2
If news or information gets out, it becomes known.
If word got out now, a scandal could be disastrous. [VERB PARTICLE]
Once the news gets out that Armenia is in a very critical situation, I think the world will respond. [VERB PARTICLE that]
get out of
phrasal verb B2
If you get out of doing something that you do not want to do, you succeed in avoiding doing it.
It's amazing what people will do to get out of paying taxes. [V P P v-ing/n]
get over
1. phrasal verb B2
If you get over an unpleasant or unhappy experience or an illness, you recover from it.
It took me a very long time to get over the shock of her death. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb B2
If you get over a problem or difficulty, you overcome it.
How would they get over that problem, he wondered? [VERB PARTICLE noun]
3. phrasal verb
If you get your message over to people, they hear and understand it.
We have got to get the message over to the young that smoking isn't cool. [VERB noun PARTICLE + to]
get over with
phrasal verb
If you want to get something unpleasant over with, you want to do it or finish experiencing it quickly, since you cannot avoid it.
The sooner we start, the sooner we'll get it over with. [V n P P]
get round get around
get round to get around to
get through
1. phrasal verb B2
If you get through a task or an amount of work, especially when it is difficult, you complete it.
I think you can get through the first two chapters. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb B2
If you get through a difficult or unpleasant period of time, you manage to live through it.
It is hard to see how people will get through the winter. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
We couldn't get through a day without arguing. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
3. phrasal verb B2
If you get through a large amount of something, you use it. [mainly British]
We've got through a lot of tyres. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
You'll get through at least ten nappies a day. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
4. phrasal verb
If you get through to someone, you succeed in making them understand something that you are trying to tell them.
An old friend might well be able to get through to her and help her. [VERB PARTICLE + to]
The message was finally getting through to him. [VERB PARTICLE + to]
[Also VERB PARTICLE]
5. phrasal verb B2
If you get through to someone, you succeed in contacting them on the phone.
Look, I can't get through to this number. [VERB PARTICLE + to]
I've been trying to ring up all day and I couldn't get through. [VERB PARTICLE]
7. phrasal verb B2
If you get through an examination or get through, you pass it. [mainly British]
Did you have to get through an entrance examination? [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB PARTICLE]
8. phrasal verb B2
If a law or proposal gets through, it is officially approved by something such as a parliament or committee.
...if his referendum law failed to get through. [VERB PARTICLE]
Such a radical proposal would never get through parliament. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
get together
1. phrasal verb B1+
When people get together, they meet in order to discuss something or to spend time together.
This is the only forum where East and West can get together. [VERB PARTICLE]
2.  See also get-together
3. phrasal verb B2
If you get something together, you organize it.
Paul and I were getting a band together, and we needed a new record deal. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb B2
If you get an amount of money together, you succeed in getting all the money that you need in order to pay for something.
Now you've finally got enough money together to put down a deposit on your dream home. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
get up
1. phrasal verb A2
When someone who is sitting or lying down gets up, they rise to a standing position.
I got up and walked over to where he was. [VERB PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb A1
When you get up, you get out of bed.
They have to get up early in the morning. [VERB PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb
If you get yourself up in a particular kind of clothing, you dress in that clothing.
They knew how to get themselves up in those days. [VERB pronoun-reflexive PARTICLE]
...an old tramp got up in a velvet smoking-jacket. [VERB-ed PARTICLE]
4.  See also get-up
get up to
phrasal verb
If you say that someone gets up to something, you mean that they do it and you do not approve of it. [British, mainly spoken, disapproval]
They get up to all sorts behind your back. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
Collocations:
get a bonus
Some of these people are also getting a bonus worth 120 per cent of their basic salary.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
get a cab
At the end of your stay, just get a cab to the airport.
Times, Sunday Times
Might be an idea to get a cab back to town.
Times, Sunday Times
Better to get a cab to the many more-thanlively establishments in the town itself.
Times, Sunday Times
Imagine not having to get a cab at the end of the night!
The Sun
He had told friends he was off to get a cab home.
The Sun
get a dose of
Others get their dose of this particular worry from the pages of contemporary literature.
Times, Sunday Times
They also get a dose of ethics.
Times, Sunday Times
You need to start with strong rules and guidelines but the subsequent application needs to get a dose of grey.
Times, Sunday Times
Great for walks, bird watching, kite flying and getting a dose of fresh air.
Times, Sunday Times
Half got a dose of milk with four types of healthy bacteria, while the rest had plain milk.
The Sun
get a drink
Pharaoh went to get a drink of water, and it was blood.
Christianity Today
Every town has its late-night destination, that special place where you can get a drink when everywhere else has closed.
Times, Sunday Times
They wanted to get a drink at the poolside bar.
Christianity Today
We can get a drink at any hour and wear flipflops to the office.
Times, Sunday Times
Then again, by the time you are old enough to get a drink, there will be breath-sensitive ignition-key sockets and the like.
Times, Sunday Times
get an answer
I want my money back but can't get an answer on the phone or by email.
The Sun
I didn't really get an answer to anything.
The Sun
In this life, we may never get the answer to why, but our questions do not fall on deaf ears.
Christianity Today
Talk over a meal and you'll get the answer.
The Sun
If you're still not sure how deep love feelings go, share a meal and you'll get the answer.
The Sun
get an e-mail
A computer analyses the data and if there's a problem your doctor will get an e-mail and call you.
Times, Sunday Times
It's much easier to live life the way everyone wants you to live it: get an e-mail address, get a car, go to work, take holidays once a year.
Times, Sunday Times
You can get an e-mail confirmation or have the voucher sent by express delivery.
Times, Sunday Times
I've got an e-mail from my brother.
Times, Sunday Times
I got an e-mail from one man who married his daughter to a guy that she didn't like.
Times, Sunday Times
get approval
Failure to get approval for the deal would result in the company defaulting on its bank debt.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There has been some progress: planning laws were changed in 2010 to streamline the process of getting approval to build new reactors.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She creates a rough draft to get approval before going ahead.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
get attention
Add lightweight 18in alloys, a fat exhaust pipe and rear roof spoiler and you get the attention normally reserved for supercars.
The Sun (2008)
It also alerts us to what the church must do to get the attention and attendance of postmodern people.
Christianity Today (2000)
Is she bluffing to get attention?
The Sun (2017)
Bosses reckon it is the best way for a cop to get the attention of cyclists and pedestrians.
The Sun (2008)
Being ill has worked once to get attention, so they use it over and over again.
Vera Peiffer POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but were afraid to put into practice (2001)
get credit
To do a decent job in an advisory and teaching capacity requires a man who genuinely wants others to get the credit.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
I may have county court judgments against me and it might affect my ability to get credit, which make some people nervous enough to cough up.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In reality, it is a doorstep lender, giving loans to people who have a poor credit rating or those who cannot get credit on the high street.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He'll get credit and also take some flak.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
get divorced
To get divorced because the marriage isn't working anymore is a total misunderstanding of marriage.
Christianity Today (2000)
The marriage was dissolved around the same time that Presley got divorced.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Divorce still means the dissolution of a marriage, according to my dictionary, so if you are not married how on earth can you get divorced?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
BRITAIN'S most married man is getting divorced again after he was caught cheating on his eighth wife.
The Sun (2015)
People around me who get divorced want to get married again.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
get feedback
The online performance review site will mean that employees can get feedback at any time.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
During this time, I have been careful to use the normal ways of listening to people and getting feedback about my preaching.
Christianity Today (2000)
Then he manages to say that it is good to get feedback.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You'll get the feedback you need to secure a place on a learning course, although it may mean competing with a good friend.
The Sun (2016)
get home
Shall we get home and put this sorry show behind us?
Times, Sunday Times
Anyone who closes the door when they get home understands the point.
Times, Sunday Times
I would not get home until 9pm and still have to do my homework.
Times,Sunday Times
The hard work begins when you get home and start editing the hours of footage into a tight, professional-looking short film.
Times, Sunday Times
When the two of them get home after the concert, he helps her off with her coat and asks if she'd like a drink.
The Times Literary Supplement
get the bus
Then we get the bus!
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Who has what it takes to impress the judges and who will be getting the bus home?
The Sun (2015)
Who needs to get the bus?
The Sun (2015)
get the feeling
I didn't get the feeling they were after me particularly, but they were desperate to pin something on someone.
The Sun (2015)
You ever get the feeling some people have money to burn?
The Sun (2017)
You get the feeling that they would carry him aloft on their shoulders if they could.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It sounded like a bitter joke, but he got the feeling it was also a delaying tactic.
Ruell, Patrick THE ONLY GAME (2004)
It is important to get the feeling of competition for them.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
get underway
As tests get underway, the family must overhaul their lives to get their health back on track.
The Sun
And at least one big life change can get underway today.
The Sun
The company has offered local communities a share of revenues should production get underway.
Times, Sunday Times
After all, its events take place at the right time of year and get underway at an ill-fated office party.
Times, Sunday Times
It was due to begin at 8pm but did not get underway until 8.30pm.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 变得, 到达, 得到, 去拿
Japanese: 得る, 着く, もらう, 取って来る
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