get
get
gɛt
get
/ɡɛt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "get"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to receive or come to have something
Transitive: to get sth
to get definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Did you get any interesting gifts for your birthday?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āωāĻĒāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ?
1.1

āϧāϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to catch a disease or an illness
Transitive: to get a disease
to get definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite getting vaccinated, he still managed to get a mild case of the measles.
āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻšāĻžāĻŽ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.2

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to start to have an idea, impression, or feeling
Transitive: to get an idea or feeling
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After hearing her explanation, I got the idea that there was more to the story.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻļā§‹āύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋ āϝ⧇ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.3

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to receive something as a sentence or punishment
Transitive: to get a sentence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They got a penalty for violating the rules of the game.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.4

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to have access to the Internet, a phone, radio, or TV network, or specific broadcast
Transitive: to get forms of telecommunication
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'm thrilled that our neighborhood can finally get fiber-optic internet.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻĢāĻžāχāĻŦāĻžāϰ-āĻ…āĻĒāϟāĻŋāĻ• āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāύ⧇āϟ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āĻž

to experience a specific condition, state, or action
Linking Verb: to get [adj]
to get definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We should get organized before starting the project.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
2.1

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to make someone or something experience a specific condition, state, or action
Complex Transitive: to get sb/sth [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We need to get the house ready for the guests arriving tomorrow.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ āφāϏāĻž āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
2.2

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞ⧇āϗ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to begin doing something
Transitive: to get doing sth
to get definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let 's get working on this project; the deadline is approaching.
āϚāϞ⧁āύ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž; āĻļ⧇āώ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ.
2.3

āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to mentally grasp something or someone's words or actions
Transitive: to get words or concepts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He explained the concept several times, but I just do n't get it.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
2.4

āĻšāϤāĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone feel confused or uncertain
Transitive: to get sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The crossword puzzle in the newspaper got me today; I could n't solve it.
āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāϏāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĒāĻžāϜāϞ āφāϜ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ; āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
2.5

āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone become extremely emotional
Transitive: to get sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sad movie ending always gets me, and I end up crying every time.
āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āϜāύāĻ• āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
2.6

āĻĒāϟāĻžāύ, āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to force or convince someone to do something
Ditransitive: to get sb to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She got her parents to support her decision to study abroad.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāϜāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
2.7

āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be irritating or annoying for someone
Transitive: to get sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
What gets me is when people chew loudly during meetings.
āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻšāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
2.8

āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž

to have the opportunity to do something
Transitive: to get to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's disappointing — I never get to choose the movie we watch.
āĻāϟāĻž āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻžāϜāύāĻ•â€”āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āύāχ āĻĒāĻžāχ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋ āϤāĻž āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ—āĨ¤
03

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to obtain something through chance, effort, or other means
Transitive: to get sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It took a while for us to get the waiter's attention in the busy restaurant.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρāϝāĻŧ āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞ⧇āϗ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
3.1

āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋

to reach a particular answer or figure after doing a calculation
Transitive: to get an answer or figure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With careful analysis, the accountant was able to get the accurate financial figures for the report.
āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡, āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
3.2

āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make contact with a person, thing, or place by telephone
Transitive: to get sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I tried to get in touch with my sister, but she must be busy as I got her voicemail again.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‹āύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āϏāĻŽā§‡āχāϞ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
3.3

āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻž āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to avenge something, especially by attacking, hurting, or killing
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
Transitive: to get sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gang got their rivals by orchestrating a surprise attack.
āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ surprise attack orchestrate āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ rivals āϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
3.4

āφāύāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to go to a place and bring someone or something back from that location
Transitive: to get sth
to get definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She needs to get her friend from the airport tomorrow.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
3.5

āϧāϰāĻž, āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĒā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to succeed in capturing someone, especially to punish or hurt them
Transitive: to get sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the arrest, the officer got the suspect by the wrist, securing the handcuffs.
āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŦā§āϜāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āύ, āĻšāĻžāϤāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
3.6

āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻšāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to strike or injure someone
Transitive: to get sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the paintball game, he got me on the arm during a surprise attack.
āĻĒ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŦāϞ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
3.7

āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻž, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to obtain something by paying an amount of money for it
Transitive: to get sth
Ditransitive: to get sb sth
to get definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They got a vintage record player at the flea market.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĢā§āϞāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāύāĻŸā§‡āϜ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
3.8

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋

to prepare something to eat or drink, especially a meal
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to get food or a meal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's getting dinner, and it smells delicious!
āϏ⧇ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧāϟāĻž āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧁!
3.9

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϤ⧋āϞāĻž

to respond to a doorbell or telephone by answering it
Transitive: to get the phone or door
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you get the phone? I'm in the middle of preparing dinner.
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĢā§‹āύāϟāĻž āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧋? āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
3.10

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

used to draw attention to someone or something considered foolish, surprising, or amusing
Transitive: to get sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Get the dog in the sunglasses, it's hilarious!
āϏāĻžāύāĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āĻĒāϰāĻž āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§‹, āĻāϟāĻž āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŽāϜāĻžāϰ!
04

āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reach a specific place
Intransitive: to get somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I got to the meeting just in time for the presentation.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
4.1

āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to cause someone or something to move in a specific direction or into a specific position or place
Transitive: to get sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Could you help me get the sofa through the narrow doorway?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏ⧋āĻĢāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
4.2

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāϏāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move in a specific direction or into a specific position or place
Intransitive: to get somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Where do we get on the subway?
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻ“ā§Ÿā§‡āϤ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āωāĻ āĻŋ?
4.3

āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use a taxi, bus, train, plane, etc. for transportation
Transitive: to get a means of transportation
to get definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let 's get the bus to downtown and explore the city.
āϚāϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāχ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
05

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

used for saying that a particular thing exists or happens
Transitive: to get sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In coastal regions, they get mild temperatures and ocean breezes.
āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻ⧁ āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
06

āϝāĻžāĻ“, āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“

to depart immediately
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When the teacher caught the students cheating, she told them to get from the exam room.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϘāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provoke a specific response or reaction
Transitive: to get a response or reaction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His unexpected announcement got a surprised reaction from the crowd.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϜāύāϤāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
08

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to receive or achieve a specific mark or grade in an exam
Transitive: to get a mark or grade
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
John got 75 % in the history test.
āϜāύ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ 75% āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
09

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to receive money through selling something
Transitive: to get a sum of money | to get a sum of money for a sold item
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We got $5,000 for the vintage camera we listed online.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ­āĻŋāύāĻŸā§‡āϜ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ $5,000 āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
10

āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reach a specific stage or point
Intransitive: to get somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I could n't wait to get to the last episode of the TV series.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
11

āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause something to perform a specific action
Ditransitive: to get sth to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We got the car engine to run smoothly after some repairs.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āϚāĻžāϰ⧁āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
12

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cover the cost of something for someone else
Transitive: to get the cost of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'll get the groceries this time; you got them last week.
āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŦ āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāύāĻž; āĻ—āϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤
13

āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž, āϧāϰāĻž

to understand something by hearing it
Transitive: to get spoken words
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sorry, I did n't get the last part of your question; could you repeat it?
āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ; āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
14

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to receive payment for one's work or services
Transitive: to get payment | to get payment for sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Writers may get royalties for each copy sold of their published books.
āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ•āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
15

āĻ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to trick or deceive someone, often in a playful or lighthearted way
Transitive: to get sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
You really got me with that fake lottery ticket; I thought I won!
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āϜāĻžāϞ āϞāϟāĻžāϰāĻŋ āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϟ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›; āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϭ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ!
16

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(in baseball) to stop a player from advancing or scoring by catching the ball or tagging them
Transitive: to get a player
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The catcher 's accurate throw to second base got the stealing player.
āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦ⧇āϏ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
17

āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϜāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to win a prize in a competition
Transitive: to get a prize
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They got the championship trophy for their outstanding performance.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύāĻļāĻŋāĻĒ āĻŸā§āϰāĻĢāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
18

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to deliver or transport something or someone to a specific person or place.
Transitive: to get sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you get this package to my friend's house on your way home?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϜāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
19

āĻ¨ā§‡ā§ŸāĻž, āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

(of an illness or injury) to result in someone's death
Transitive: to get sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The terminal cancer got her in the end, and she passed away peacefully.
āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
20

āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to deliver a particular level of performance or quality
Transitive: to get a level of performance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The new software update gets faster processing speeds and improved efficiency.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āφāĻĒāĻĄā§‡āϟ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϏ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻĄ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
21

āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to become aware of someone or something
Transitive: to get sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Did you get the way he avoided making eye contact when talking about the topic?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āύ?
22

āĻļ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to commit to memory
Transitive: to get sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Did you get all the formulas for the math test?
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŸā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŦ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›?
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āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to suffer from an illness, injury, or pain
Transitive: to get an illness or injury
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She got a severe headache after a long day at work.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ

a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

getting
get
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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