get /get/

1. To obtain
2. To acquire
3. To procure
4. To receive
5. To attain
6. To come to have
7. To catch
8. To answer (a door or telephone) (informal)
9. To grasp or take the meaning of (often in the informal phrase get it?, of a joke, irony, etc)
10. To learn
11. To commit to memory
12. To hit (informal)
13. To descry, discern, make out
14. To succeed in making contact with (eg a radio station)
15. To have the better of, gain a decisive advantage over (informal)
16. To baffle (informal)
17. To irritate (informal)
18. To grip emotionally, take, captivate, hit the taste of exactly
19. To induce
20. To cause to be, go, or become
21. To betake, take (oneself)
22. To beget (archaic except when used of animals, esp horses)
23. To attack or injure, esp in revenge (informal)
24. To prepare (a meal) (informal)

1. (with preposition, adverb, infinitive, etc) to arrive, to bring or put oneself (in any place, position or state)
2. (with adjective, etc) to become
3. To become richer (obsolete)
4. To clear out (informal; orig US)

1. That which is got (obsolete)
2. A (usu difficult) shot successfully reached and returned (tennis)
3. Output (obsolete)
4. (of animals) offspring
5. (also gait, gaitt, geit /get/; see also git, and gyte²) a child, brat (Scot derog)
6. Begetting (obsolete)

gettˈable adjective

gettˈer noun

1. (esp in combination) someone who, or something which, gets, attains, collects
2. A material used, when evaporated by high-frequency induction currents, for evacuation of gas left in vacuum valves after sealing during manufacture (electronics)

1. To evacuate (a valve) using a getter
2. To remove (gas) using a getter

To use a getter

gettˈering noun

Evacuation using a getter

gettˈing noun

1. The action of the verb
2. A gaining, anything gained (archaic)
3. Procreation (archaic)

get-atˈ-able adjective

Easily accessible

getˈaway noun

1. An escape
2. A start
3. Breaking cover

adjective

Used in a getaway

getˈ-go noun (US)

The beginning or start of something

getˈ-out noun (informal)

1. A way of escape or avoidance (also adjective)
2. The dismantling, packing up and moving of props, scenery, costumes, etc at the end of a production run (theatre)
3. The total cost of a production for one week (theatre)

getˈ-richˈ-quickˈ adjective (informal)

Wanting, or leading to, easy prosperity

getˈ-together noun

1. A social gathering
2. An informal conference

getˈ-up noun

(style of) equipment, outfit, make-up

getˈ-up-and-goˈ noun (informal)

Energy

as all get-out (informal)

As can be

be getting on

1. To grow older
2. (of time) to grow late

get about or around

1. To travel, go visiting
2. To be mobile and active

get across (informal)

To communicate successfully

get ahead

To make progress, advance

get a life see under life

get along

To get on (see below)

get around see get about above.

get at

1. To reach, attain
2. To poke fun at (slang)
3. To mean (informal)
4. To begin (informal; orig US)
5. To attack verbally (slang)
6. To influence by underhand or unlawful means (informal)

get away

1. To escape, make a successful departure
2. (as imperative) go away, be off, get back
3. An interjection expressing disbelief

get away with (something)

1. To pull something off
2. To carry a thing through successfully or with impunity

get back at

To have one's revenge on

get by

1. To succeed in passing
2. To elude notice and come off with impunity, manage satisfactorily, be sufficiently good (informal)

get down

1. To alight
2. To depress (informal)
3. To disport oneself with abandon (slang)
4. To complete the hole (golf)

get down to

To set to work on, tackle seriously

get in

1. To (manage to) enter
2. To be elected
3. To gather
4. To send for
5. To manage, succeed in doing (as in We got the gardening in before the rain)

get in on (informal)

To join in, become a participant in

get it on or off (with) ( slang)

1. To have sexual intercourse (with)
2. To get high (on a drug)

get it up (slang)

To achieve an erection

get off

1. To escape
2. To go, to set off (on a journey)
3. To fall asleep (informal)
4. To learn, memorize
5. To gain the affection of, or have a sexual encounter with, someone of the opposite sex (with with; informal)

get off on (slang)

To get excitement from

get on

1. To proceed, advance
2. To prosper
3. To agree, associate harmoniously
4. To fare, manage

get one's own back (informal)

To have one's revenge (on)

get out

1. To produce
2. To extricate oneself (with of)
3. To take oneself off

get over

1. To surmount
2. To recover from
3. To make an impression on an audience

get round

1. To circumvent
2. To persuade, talk over

get round to

To bring oneself to do (something)

get (something) over with

To accomplish (an unpleasant task, etc) as quickly as possible

get there (slang)

To achieve one's object, succeed

get through

1. To finish
2. To reach a destination
3. To receive approval, or to obtain it for (something)
4. To obtain a connection by telephone
5. To communicate with, reach the comprehension of (with to)

get together

To meet socially or for discussion

get up

1. To rise, esp from bed
2. To ascend
3. To arrange, dress, prepare (oneself)
4. To learn up for an occasion
5. To commit to memory

have got (informal)

To have

have got to

To be obliged to

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