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(gĕt) pronunciation

v., got (gŏt), got·ten (gŏt'n), or got, get·ting, gets.

v.tr.
    1. To come into possession or use of; receive: got a cat for her birthday.
    2. To meet with or incur: got nothing but trouble for her efforts.
    1. To go after and obtain: got a book at the library; got breakfast in town.
    2. To go after and bring: Get me a pillow.
    3. To purchase; buy: get groceries.
    1. 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.
    2. To earn: got high marks in math.
    3. To accomplish or attain as a result of military action.
  1. To obtain by concession or request: couldn't get the time off; got permission to go.
    1. To arrive at; reach: When did you get home?
    2. To reach and board; catch: She got her plane two minutes before takeoff.
  2. To succeed in communicating with, as by telephone: can't get me at the office until nine.
  3. To become affected with (an illness, for example) by infection or exposure; catch: get the flu; got the mumps.
    1. To be subjected to; undergo: got a severe concussion.
    2. To receive as retribution or punishment: got six years in prison for tax fraud.
    3. To sustain a stated injury to: got my arm broken.
    1. To gain or have understanding of: Do you get this question?
    2. To learn (a poem, for example) by heart; memorize.
    3. To find or reach by calculating: get a total; can't get the answer.
    4. To perceive by hearing: I didn't get your name when we were introduced.
  4. To procreate; beget.
    1. To cause to become or be in a specified state or condition: got the children tired and cross; got the shirt clean.
    2. To make ready; prepare: get lunch for a crowd.
    3. To cause to come or go: got the car through traffic.
    4. To cause to move or leave: Get me out of here!
  5. To cause to undertake or perform; prevail on: got the guide to give us the complete tour.
    1. To take, especially by force; seize: The detective got the suspect as he left the restaurant.
    2. Informal. To overcome or destroy: The ice storm got the rose bushes.
    3. To evoke an emotional response or reaction in: Romantic music really gets me.
    4. To annoy or irritate: What got me was his utter lack of initiative.
    5. To present a difficult problem to; puzzle.
    6. To take revenge on, especially to kill in revenge for a wrong.
    7. Informal. To hit or strike: She got him on the chin. The bullet got him in the arm.
  6. Baseball. To put out.
  7. To begin or start. Used with the present participle: I have to get working on this or I'll miss my deadline.
    1. To have current possession of. Used in the present perfect form with the meaning of the present: We've got plenty of cash.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. Nonstandard. To have as an obligation. Used in the past tense with the meaning of the present: I got to git me a huntin' dog.
v.intr.
    1. To become or grow to be: eventually got well.
    2. To be successful in coming or going: When will we get to Dallas?
  1. To be able or permitted: never got to see Europe; finally got to work at home.
    1. To be successful in becoming: get free of a drug problem.
    2. Used with the past participle of transitive verbs as a passive voice auxiliary: got stung by a bee.
    3. To become drawn in, entangled, or involved: got into debt; get into a hassle.
  2. Informal. To depart immediately: yelled at the dog to get.
  3. To work for gain or profit; make money: puts all his energy into getting and spending.
n.
    1. The act of begetting.
    2. Progeny; offspring.
  1. Chiefly British Slang. A foolish or contemptible person.
  2. Sports. A return, as in tennis, on a shot that seems impossible to reach.
phrasal verbs:

get about

  1. To be out of bed and beginning to walk again, as after an illness.
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
  1. To urge or scold: You should get after them to mow the lawn.
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.
    1. To make progress.
    2. To advance, especially in years.
  3. To go away; leave.
get around
  1. To circumvent or evade: managed to get around the real issues.
  2. Informal. To convince or win over by flattering or cajoling.
  3. To travel from place to place: It is hard to get around without a car.
  4. To become known; circulate: Word got around.
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
  1. To return to a person, place, or condition: getting back to the subject.
get by
  1. To pass or outstrip.
  2. To succeed at a level of minimal acceptibility or with the minimal amount of effort: just got by in college.
  3. To succeed in managing; survive: We'll get by if we economize.
  4. 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.
  6. Informal. To lose one's inhibitions; enjoy oneself wholeheartedly.
get in
    1. To enter.
    2. To arrive: We got in late last night.
  1. 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.
  2. To become accepted, as in a club.
  3. 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.
get off
  1. To start, as on a trip; leave.
    1. To fire (a round of ammunition, for example): got off two shots before the deer disappeared.
    2. To write and send, as a letter.
  2. To escape, as from punishment or danger: got off scot-free.
  3. To obtain a release or lesser penalty for: The attorney got her client off with a slap on the wrist.
  4. Slang. To act or speak with effrontery. Used in the imperative to express contempt or disdainful disbelief.
  5. Slang. To have an orgasm.
  6. Slang.
    1. To feel great pleasure or gratification.
    2. To experience euphoria, for example, as a result of taking a drug.
  7. To get permission to leave one's workplace: got off early and went fishing.
get on
  1. To be or continue on harmonious terms: gets on well with the neighbors.
  2. To manage or fare with reasonable success.
    1. To make progress; continue: get on with a performance.
    2. To advance in years.
  3. To acquire understanding or knowledge: got on to the con game.
get out
    1. To leave or escape.
    2. To cause to leave or escape.
  1. To become known: Somehow the secret got out.
  2. To publish, as a newspaper.
get over
  1. To prevail against; overcome.
  2. To recover from: finally got over the divorce.
  3. To get across.
get through
  1. To arrive at the end of; finish or complete.
    1. To succeed in making contact; reach.
    2. To make oneself understood.
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.
  1. To influence or affect, especially adversely: The noise really gets to me.
get together
  1. To bring together; gather.
  2. To come together.
  3. To arrive at an agreement.
get up
    1. To arise from bed or rise to one's feet.
    2. To climb.
  1. To act as the creator or organizer of: got up a petition against rezoning.
  2. To dress or adorn: She got herself up in a bizarre outfit.
  3. To find within oneself: got up the nerve to quit.

idioms:

get around to

  1. To find the time or occasion for.
get away with
  1. To escape the consequences of (a blameworthy act, for example): got away with cheating.
get back at
  1. To take revenge on.
get cracking
  1. To begin to work; get started.
get even
  1. To obtain revenge.
get even with
  1. To repay with an equivalent act, as for revenge.
get going
  1. To make a beginning; get started.
get hold (or ahold) of
  1. To bring into one's grasp, possession, or control.
  2. To communicate with, especially by telephone.
get it Informal.
  1. To be punished or scolded.
get it on Slang.
  1. To become filled with energy or excitement.
  2. To engage in sexual intercourse.
get nowhere
  1. To make no progress.
get (one's) Informal.
  1. To receive one's due punishment: After sassing his parents, he really got his.
get on the stick
  1. To begin to work.
get out of
  1. 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
  1. To make angry or vexed.
get somewhere Informal.
  1. To make progress.
get there Informal.
  1. To make progress or achieve success.
get wind of
  1. To learn of: got wind of the scheme.

[Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta.]

getable get'a·ble or 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 singular gots in some varieties of English, especially African American Vernacular English.



1.
range of use.
Get is one of the most frequently used and most productive words in English. Often it has virtually no meaning in itself and draws its meaning almost entirely from its context, especially in idiomatic uses such as get to bed, get dressed, get home, get the flu, get a letter, get a new hat, get going, get rich, get one's feet wet, get a train, and so on. It will be seen from these examples as an all-purpose substitute for a whole range of verbs including arrive, become, buy, catch, collect, obtain, receive, etc. Get also has a highly productive role in forming idiomatic phrasal verbs such as get along, get at, get away, get away with, get back, get by, get down to, get on, get out, get over, get through, get together, etc.

2.
supposed overuse.
The view that get is an overused word and should be avoided in good English is a superstition. It was not a problem for either Fowler (1926) or Gowers (1965), whose entries on this word dealt with different aspects of its use. There are some uses that should be recognized as informal, e.g. We got along fine might be better expressed as We were on good terms in more formal contexts and What are you getting at? as What are you suggesting [or implying]?, but there is no advantage in I received a letter this morning over I got a letter this morning nor in She's gone to collect her post over She's gone to get her post. Many idiomatic phrases involving get, such as get away with, get down to, and get to (= have an opportunity to:
The problem with giving money to projects like these is that the general public never gets to see the results—Birmingham Post, 2000)
are effectively neutral in terms of register and can be used in virtually any context.

3.
have got = possess.
This was one of the issues that Fowler and Gowers dealt with, as mentioned above. Fowler wrote that 'have got for possess or have is good colloquial English but not good literary English', and Gowers suggested that 'the intrusion of got into a construction in which have alone is enough originated in our habit of eliding have. I have it and he has it are clear statements, but if we elide we must insert got to avoid the absurdity of I've it and the even greater absurdity of he's it.' In negative contexts and questions, British English have (or had) not got and have (or had) you got? is as common as (and somewhat less formal than) do (or did) not have, and do (or did) you have?, but the second alternative is the usual form in American English.

4. The neologism get a life, meaning 'to start living a fuller or more interesting existence', is informal only:
The aristocracy is having to make some hard decisions: whether to pretend that the twentieth century never happened or to jump ship, join the middle class and get a life—Tatler, 1993.


5. See also got, gotten.

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Jewish divorce document written in Aramaic and obtained from a rabbinic court. In Orthodox and Conservative Judaism it is the only valid way to end a marriage, though outside Israel a civil divorce is required first. In Reform Judaism a civil divorce suffices. To obtain a get, mutual consent of husband and wife is usually required, except in special cases such as apostasy, impotence, insanity, or refusal to cohabit.

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(1) In programming, a request for the next record in an input file. Contrast with put.

(2) An FTP command used to download a file from a server or to display the contents of a text file. See ftp commands.

(3) (GET) An HTTP command used to retrieve data from a Web server. See HTTP GET.

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also get up

verb

  1. To come into possession of: acquire, come by, gain, obtain, procure, secure, win. Informal land, pick up. See get/lose.
  2. To obtain from another source: derive, draw, take. See kin.
  3. To acquire as a result of one's behavior or effort: deserve, earn, gain, merit, win. Informal rate1. See get/lose.
  4. To gain possession of, especially after a struggle or chase: capture, catch, net1, secure, take. Informal bag. Slang nail. See get/lose.
  5. To receive, as wages, for one's labor: earn, gain, make, win. Informal pull down. Idioms: earnmakea living, earn one's keep. See give/take/reciprocity, money.
  6. To succeed in communicating with: contact, reach. Idioms: catch up with, get hold of, get in touch with, get through to, get to. See reach/unreachable.
  7. To become affected with a disease: catch, contract, develop, sicken, take. Idioms: come down with. See get/lose.
  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: gethavea handle on, get the picture. See understand/misunderstand.
  9. To gain knowledge or mastery of by study: learn, master. Informal pick up. See teach/learn.
  10. To be the biological father of: beget, breed, father, procreate, sire. See kin.
  11. To cause to be in a certain state or to undergo a particular experience or action: have, make. See cause/effect.
  12. 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. See approach/retreat.
  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. See persuasion/dissuasion.
  14. To obtain possession or control of: capture, gain, take, win. Slang cop. See get/lose.
  15. To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from. affect1, impress, move, strike, touch. See touch/not touch.
  16. To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations: aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall2, 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. See feelings, pain/pleasure.
  17. To come to be: become, come, grow, turn (out), wax. See change/persist.

phrasal verb - get across

    To make known: break, carry, communicate, convey, disclose, impart, pass, report, tell, transmit,, knowledge/ignorance.

phrasal verb - get ahead

    To gain success: arrive, get on, go far, rise, succeed. Idioms: go places, make good, make it,, thrive/fail/exist.

phrasal verb - get along

  1. To live or act together in harmony: get on, harmonize. Informal cotton. Idioms: hit it off. See agree/disagree.
  2. To go forward, especially toward a conclusion: advance, come (along), march1, move, proceed, progress. See approach/retreat.
  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. See thrive/fail/exist.
  4. To grow old: age, get on. See youth/age/maturity.

phrasal verb - get around

  1. 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, keepstaysteerclear of. See seek/avoid.
  2. To become known far and wide: circulate, go around, spread, travel. Idioms: gomakethe rounds. See knowledge/ignorance.

phrasal verb - get away

  1. 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: blowflythe coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam. See free/unfree.
  2. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get off, go, go away, leave1, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. Informal cut out, push off, shove off. Slang blow1, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See approach/retreat.

phrasal verb - get behind

    To 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,, support/oppose.

phrasal verb - get by

    To 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,, thrive/fail/exist.

phrasal verb - get in

    To come to a particular place: arrive, check in, pull in, reach, show up, turn up. Slang blow in. Idioms: makeput inan appearance,, start/end.

phrasal verb - get off

  1. 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. See start/end.
  2. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, go, go away, leave1, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. Informal cut out, push off, shove off. Slang blow1, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See approach/retreat.

phrasal verb - get on

  1. To put (an article of clothing) on one's person: assume, don, pull on, put on, slip into, slip on. See put on/take off.
  2. To live or act together in harmony: get along, harmonize. Informal cotton. Idioms: hit it off. See agree/disagree.
  3. To gain success: arrive, get ahead, go far, rise, succeed. Idioms: go places, make good, make it. See thrive/fail/exist.
  4. To grow old: age, get along. See youth/age/maturity.

phrasal verb - get out

  1. To leave hastily: bolt, run. Informal clear out, get, hotfoot, skedaddle. Slang hightail, scram, vamoose. Idioms: beat it, hightail it, hotfoot it, make tracks. See approach/retreat.
  2. To be made public: break, come out, out, transpire. Informal leak (out). Idioms: come to light. See knowledge/ignorance, show/hide.

phrasal verb - get to

    To reach (a goal or objective): arrive at, attain, come to, gain. Informal hit on (or upon),, start/end.

phrasal verb - get together

  1. To bring together: assemble, call, cluster, collect1, congregate, convene, convoke, gather, group, muster, round up, summon. See collect/distribute.
  2. To come together: assemble, cluster, collect1, congregate, convene, forgather, gather, group, muster. See collect/distribute.
  3. To come together face-to-face by arrangement: meet1, rendezvous. See meet.
  4. To come to an understanding or to terms: accord, agree, coincide, concur, harmonize. See agree/disagree.

phrasal verb - get up

  1. To leave one's bed: arise, pile, rise, roll out. Informal turn out. Idioms: rise and shine. See rise/fall.
  2. To adopt a standing posture: arise, rise, stand (up), uprise, upspring. Idioms: get to one's feet. See rise/fall.

noun

    A group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors: brood, issue, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed. See kin.

Idioms beginning with get:
get a dirty look
get a kick out of
get a break
get a fix
get after
get a grip on
get a life
get a line on
get a load of
get rolling
get an in with
get a rise out of
get round
get a word in edgewise
get back to
get one's own back
get better
get busy
get credit for
get one down
get gray hair from
get hold of
get in bad with
get into the act
get into the swing of things
get in with
get lost
get mileage out of
get nowhere
get off the dime
get on with it
get one's
get theirs
get one's act together
get one's comeuppance
get one's feet on the ground
get one's feet wet
get one's fill
get one's head examined
get one's money's worth
get one's wires crossed
get on someone's good side
get on the stick
get the most out of
get out while the getting is good
get real
get right
get set
get someone wrong
get something on someone
get somewhere
get straight
get stuffed
get the advantage of
get the drift
get the jump on
get the hang of
get the lead out
get the nod
getting there
get the show on the road
get the worst of it
get through to
get to first base
get to the bottom of
get to the heart of
get tough with
get up one's nerve
get up steam
get well
get what's coming to one
get wind of
get wise to
get a hand
get into bed with
get out of one's face
get in the way
get one's hands on
get out of someone's sight
get out of the way
get to the point

See also be (get) busted; come and get it; dip (get) one's toes into; early bird catches (gets) the worm; give as good as one gets; ground floor, get in on the; it takes getting used to; lay (get) one's hands on; marching orders, get one's; play hard to get; squeaky wheel gets the grease; tell someone where to get off; when the going gets tough; you get what you pay for. Also see under become; give; have.


v

Definition: accept; acquire
Antonyms: give, send

v

Definition: arrange, manage desired goal
Antonyms: fail, mismanage

v

Definition: arrive
Antonyms: depart, leave

v

Definition: come into possession of; achieve
Antonyms: fail, lose, miss, pass

v

Definition: confuse
Antonyms: understand

v

Definition: contact for communication
Antonyms: lose

v

Definition: convince, induce
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade

v

Definition: fall victim to
Antonyms: overtake, overthrow

v

Definition: irritate, upset
Antonyms: calm, please, soothe

v

Definition: seize
Antonyms: give in, surrender, yield

v

Definition: understand
Antonyms: misconstrue, misunderstand

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To gain possession of.

pronunciation Sharing with others is not the way to get rich, it's the way to get happy! — Unknown from Albert W. Daw Collection.

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noun
noun, orig Scottish and N English

1:
A bastard; hence as a general term of abuse: a fool, idiot. (1508 —) .
H. Calvin Put something on him, the stupid get! (1967). Cf. git noun.

2:
Austral and NZ A getaway; a quick retreat; esp. in phr. to do (or make) a get. (1898 —) .
A. Upfield Musta done a get after bashing up his wife (1963). verb

3:
intr. orig US (Often in form git.) To go away, clear out. (1864 —) .
K. Giles Anybody in a room either gets or pays for another twenty-four hours (1967).

4:
to get at:
a:
To (try to) influence, esp. dishonestly, by bribery, drugs, intimidation, etc. (1865 —) .
W. Sprott We are all 'propaganda conscious' in the sense that we put up a resistance if we feel we are being 'got at' (1952).

b:
To make annoying insinuations about; to criticize. (1891 —) .
J. Osborne Don't look hurt. I'm not getting at you. I love you very much (1957).


5:
to get it to be punished or in trouble. Also to get it hot, to get it in the neck. (1872 —) .

6:
to get outside (of) to eat or drink. (1886 —) .
D. Campbell It takes me half an hour to get outside the mixed grill and the ice-cream and coffee (1967).

7:
to get into to have sexual intercourse with (a woman). (c.1888 —) .
J. Kerouac I've just got to get into her sister Mary tonight (1957).

8:
trans. and intr. US To understand (a person or statement). (1907 —) .
I. Bromige Fiona broke into peals of laughter and became quite helpless for a few moments. 'Don't get it,' said Julian (1956) ;
M. Innes Okay, okay. I get. Norval. My name is Norval (1966).

9:
to get his (hers, theirs, etc.): to be killed. (a.1910 —) .
N. Mailer He was going to get his, come two three four hours. That was all right, of course, you didn't live forever (1959).

10:
to have got it bad(ly) to have fallen deeply in love; to be infatuated. (1911 —) .
Webster & Ellington (song-title) I got it bad and that ain't good (1941).

11:
to get off with to become acquainted with (someone) with a view to sexual intercourse. (1915 —) .
F. Lonsdale What fun it would be if one of us could get off with him (1925).

12:
to get off:
a:
US Of a jazz musician: to improvise skilfully. (1933 —) .

b:
Used usu. in the imperative as an exclamation expressing impatience or incredulity. (1958 —) .

c:
orig US To get high on drugs; usu. followed by on. (1969 —) .
A. Kukla Did you get off on that acid you took last night? (1980).


13:
as all get out US Very, extremely. (1941 —) .
S. Paretsky He felt guilty as all get-out when I told him who the doctor was and how bad she'd been hurt (1992).

14:
to get lost to go away, clear out; usu. in imperative. (1947 —) .
H. Calvin The last time Carabine came in I told him to get lost (1962).

15:
trans. To notice, look at (a person, esp. one who is conceited or laughable); usu. as imperative with a pronoun as object. (1958 —) .
News Chronicle If he is conceited the girls mutter get yew! (1958).

16:
to get (someone) at it to make fun of (someone). (1958 —) .
F. Norman He had half sused that the boggie was getting him at it (1958).

17:
to get off on:
a:
To achieve sexual satisfaction or experience an orgasm by means of. (1973 —) .
N. Thornburg And the shrink getting off on it all, sitting there with one hand stuck in his fly (1976). Cf. to get one's rocks off at rock noun.

b:
To enjoy or be turned on by. (1973 —) .
Time I really get off on dancing. It's a high (1977).


[In sense 1, from earlier sense, that which is begotten, offspring.]


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - få, hente, forstå, fange, få ram på, tjene, irritere, få til at
v. intr. - komme, blive, nå
n. - afkom, redning, indtægt

idioms:

  • get about    komme omkring, gå ud
  • get across    komme over, få igennem
  • get ahead    komme foran, komme frem
  • get back    komme tilbage, komme hjem, hævne sig
  • get down to    begynde at gøre noget ved, tage fat på
  • get in    komme ind, blive optaget
  • get in with    komme til at stå sig godt med, komme på god fod med
  • get it    forstå, få klø
  • get off    komme af sted, stå af
  • get off on    blive begejstret for
  • get off with    blive gode venner med
  • get on    stige på, komme op
  • get on to    sætte sig i forbindelse med, få fat i
  • get through    komme igennem, nå frem, blive færdig
  • get to    nå til, komme i forbindelse med
  • get up    stå op, rejse sig
  • get up to    nå op til, indhente, finde på

Nederlands (Dutch)
(ver)krijgen, aanschaffen, halen, meekrijgen, te pakken krijgen, (doen) worden, bereiden (eten), oplopen (ziekte), verdienen (geld), bereiken, ontvangen (signaal), komen, weten te, nemen, snappen, overhalen, (iemand) terugpakken, ergeren, verwerven, raken (emotioneel), er vandoor gaan, het werpen (dieren), jong (dieren), idioot

Français (French)
v. tr. - percevoir, capter (une radio), hériter qch de qn, (fig) tenir qch de qn, obtenir/trouver (qch), appeler (un taxi), acheter, avoir (un billet), se faire (une réputation), obtenir, chercher, se déplacer, avancer (dans une discussion), contacter, répondre (au téléphone), préparer (un repas), attraper (qn), faire sortir qch à qn, (fig) obtenir qch de qn, (gén) arrêter (un échappé), (Méd) attraper (une maladie), prendre (un bus, un train), commencer à avoir (une impression), avoir (une amende), toucher qn/qch avec, comprendre, agacer, finir par (faire qch), avoir l'occasion de, commencer à, devoir faire, persuader qn de, faire faire qch, causer, faire
v. intr. - devenir, se faire/être, se mettre à, commencer dans, arriver à, avancer, progresser, mettre (un survêtement)
n. - progéniture (un animal), étalon, retour de balle (au tennis), (GB) salaire, profits (arg)

idioms:

  • get about    circuler, se déplacer, se répandre
  • get across    traverser, passer, faire passer un message
  • get ahead    progresser, prendre de l'avance, anticiper
  • get back    (gén) rentrer, revenir, reculer, se venger de, rappeler (au téléphone), ramener qch, (Sport) renvoyer (la balle), récupérer (qch), (fig) reprendre (des forces)
  • get down to    arriver à, atteindre, se mettre à
  • get in    entrer, monter, (fig) réussir à s'introduire dans, rentrer (à la maison), arriver (à destination), pénétrer (le soleil), (Pol) être élu, (École, Univ) être admis, se mettre bien avec, acheter, faire rentrer, (Agric) rentrer (une récolte), (Hort) planter, rendre (un devoir), placer (une remarque), faire entrer (qn)
  • get in on    réussir à, se débrouiller à
  • get in there    parvenir à, s'introduire là
  • get in with    se faire bien voir de, s'insinuer dans les bonnes grâces de
  • get it    comprendre, saisir, être puni/réprimandé (fam)
  • get it on    communiquer avec, être en communion avec (le public)
  • get it up    avoir une érection (vulg)
  • get off    descendre, partir, finir (un travail), s'en tirer avec, partir pour
  • get off on    prendre plaisir à, prendre son pied avec (vulg)
  • get off with    (GB) rencontrer, ramasser (qn) (péj), en être quitte pour, s'en tirer avec, draguer (qn), coucher avec, se peloter
  • get on    avancer, monter (à), travailler, continuer (un travail), (GB) bien s'entendre, passer (le temps), commencer à, monter dans (un véhicule), mettre (des vêtements), monter (un pneu), mettre (un couvercle)
  • get on to    monter dans un (bus, un train), monter sur (un cheval, une bicyclette), se lever, se mettre debout, se remettre (d'une maladie)
  • get there    réussir, parvenir à
  • get through    réussir, passer, (Télécom) avoir qn au téléphone, convaincre (qn), arriver (une nouvelle), s'en sortir, (École, Univ) réussir, réussir à, terminer (un livre, des révisions), manger (une ration), boire, dépenser (de l'argent), faire passer (qn, qch), aider (qn) à continuer, permettre à (qn) de réussir
  • get to    se mettre à, finir par
  • get up    se lever de, monter, se réveiller
  • get up to    arriver à (une page), (fig) fabriquer

Deutsch (German)
v. - bekommen, erlangen, verstehen, besorgen, anschaffen, sich zulegen, holen, kriegen, werden, kommen
n. - Nachkomme (Tiere), (Sport) zurückgeschlagener Ball, Gewinn

idioms:

  • get about    sich verbreiten, sich herumsprechen, herumkommen
  • get across    rüberkommen, sich verständlich machen
  • get ahead    sich voranarbeiten
  • get back    zurückkommen, zurückgewinnen, heimzahlen
  • get down to    sich machen an
  • get in    gewählt werden, angenommen werden, einschieben, einbringen, ankommen
  • get in on    sich beteiligen an (+Dat)
  • get in there    dorthin kommen, es schaffen
  • get in with    sich zusammentun mit
  • get it    bestraft werden
  • get it on    (Sl) (vulg) [mit jmdm.] bumsen, etw. ist/steht in/im Einklang mit jmdm./etw.
  • get it up    einen hochkriegen (vulg)
  • get off    aussteigen, absitzen, absteigen, (unbestraft) davonkommen, verschwinden, frei bekommen
  • get off on    in Begeisterung geraten über
  • get off with    anbändeln mit
  • get on    einsteigen, zusteigen, vorankommen
  • get on to    sich in Verbindung setzen mit, kommen auf
  • get there    dorthin kommen, es schaffen, verstehen, was gemeint ist, dahinterkommen (ugs.)
  • get through    bestehen, durchkommen, verbrauchen
  • get to    bewegen zu, auf die Nerven gehen, erreichen
  • get up    aufstehen, [auf]steigen/aufsitzen (auf), zunehmen, (Spo) steil hochfliegen, wecken, aus dem Bett holen, aufhelfen (+Dat), hochkriegen (ugs), hinaufsteigen, organisieren, auf die Beine stellen, auf die Beine bringen, zurechtmachen, herrichten, hübsch aufmachen
  • get up to    anstellen, erreichen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παίρνω, αποκτώ, φέρνω, πηγαίνω, φθάνω, γίνομαι, πιάνω, προχωρώ, καταφέρνω, πείθω, καταλήγω, αντιλαμβάνομαι, υποχρεώνω να, βάζω να, κάνω να, (με ενεργ. μετοχή) αρχίζω, ξεκινώ

idioms:

  • get about    κυκλοφορώ (εκτός οικίας), "βγαίνω", τριγυρίζω, διαδίδομαι
  • get across    διασχίζω, περνώ απέναντι, γίνομαι κατανοητός, δίνω να καταλάβει
  • get ahead    προχωρώ, πετυχαίνω, σημειώνω πρόοδο
  • get back    επιστρέφω, ανακτώ, ξανατηλεφωνώ
  • get down to    στρώνομαι σε, αρχίζω, καταπιάνομαι με
  • get in    μπαίνω, πιάνω φιλίες, εκλέγομαι
  • get in with    (καθομ.) πιάνω φιλίες με
  • get it    καταλαβαίνω, αντιλαμβάνομαι, (καθομ.) την πληρώνω
  • get off    γλιτώνω, ξεφεύγω, αποφεύγω τιμωρία ή επίπληξη, βγάζω, ξεκινώ, στέλνω, κατεβαίνω, αποβιβάζομαι
  • get off on    ξεκινώ από
  • get off with    τη γλιτώνω με, (καθομ.) τα φτιάχνω/ψήνω με
  • get on    προχωρώ, ανεβαίνω, προοδεύω, επιβιβάζομαι, συνεχίζω, συνεννοούμαι
  • get on to    (καθομ.) αποκτώ επαφή με, έρχομαι σε επαφή με
  • get through    διασχίζω, περνώ, τελειώνω, καταφέρνω να μιλήσω (τηλεφωνικώς)
  • get to    πηγαίνω ή φτάνω σε, επικοινωνώ με, εισακούομαι από
  • get up    σηκώνομαι, σηκώνομαι από το κρεβάτι, ιδρύω, οργανώνω
  • get up to    ανεβαίνω/φτάνω μέχρι, απεργάζομαι/σκαρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
ricevere, acquisire, raggiungere, ottenere, capire, procurare, acquistare, prendere, contrarre, riscuotere, divenire

idioms:

  • get (off) to sleep    addormentarsi
  • get about    circolare, diffondersi
  • get across    attraversare, comunicare
  • get ahead    andare avanti, progredire, aver successo
  • get along    intendersi, far progressi, cavarsela
  • get around/round    girare, aggirare
  • get around/round to    arrivare a fare qualcosa dopo molto tempo
  • get at    raggiungere, corrompere, criticare
  • get away    andarsene
  • get away with    farla franca
  • get back    tornare indietro
  • get better/well    stare meglio
  • get by    passare
  • get down    scendere
  • get down to    mettersi a lavorare sul serio
  • get even    vendicarsi
  • get going    andarsene
  • get in    entrare
  • get in with    imbattersi
  • get into    entrare
  • get it    prenderlo
  • get lost    perdersi
  • get off    scendere, andarsene
  • get off on    eccitarsi
  • get off with    mettersi con
  • get on    andare avanti
  • get on to    iniziare a trattare qualcosa, contattare qualcuno
  • get oneself    mettersi
  • get out    svignarsela, trapelare
  • get out of    astenersi da, disabituarsi a
  • get over    superare, coprire
  • get stuffed    rimpinzarsi
  • get the ax    essere licenziato
  • get through    superare
  • get through to    far capire, raggiungere telefonicamente
  • get to    muovere a
  • get together    riunire
  • get up    alzarsi, sistemare
  • get up to    combinare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - obter, adquirir, buscar, comprar, arranjar, agarrar (coloq.), decorar, matar, conseguir sintonizar, compreender

idioms:

  • get back    recobrar
  • get down    fazer descer, tomar nota, engolir, fazer sentir-se deprimido
  • get down to    atacar (problemas, tarefas, etc.)
  • get in    recolher, inserir, entrar, chegar
  • get in with    associar-se a
  • get it    obter alguma coisa
  • get off    tirar (roupa, sapato, etc.), descer, sair, sair-se com (piada, etc.), pronunciar (discurso)
  • get off on    partir em (alguma coisa)
  • get off with    travar amizade com
  • get on    subir em, tomar (veículo, etc.), embarcar, envelhecer, ser bem-sucedido
  • get on to    entrar em contato com alguém
  • get through    atravessar, passar (em exame)
  • get to    chegar a, ir a
  • get up    levantar-se, subir
  • get up to    alcançar

Русский (Russian)
получать, приобретать, доставать, поймать, доставлять, иметь, заставлять, становиться, добираться, понимать

idioms:

  • get back    возвращаться, возмещать, получать обратно
  • get down    спускаться, снимать (с полки и т.д.), регистрировать, проглатывать, угнетать
  • get down to    засаживаться (за учение, работу)
  • get in    входить, быть принятым, избранным, собирать (урожай и т.п.), прибывать, подружиться, присоединиться, пройти на выборах
  • get in with    познакомиться с кем-л.
  • get it    уразуметь, преуспеть, попасть в неприятное положение
  • get off    сходить, выходить (из автобуса и т.п.), отправляться, начинать, снимать (одежду), отрываться от земли, откалывать (шутку), заводить роман
  • get off on    быть воодушевленным чем-л., наслаждаться
  • get off with    вступить с кем-л. в половую связь
  • get on    делать успехи, одевать, садиться (в автобус и т.п.), ладить, стареть
  • get on to    начинать понимать, налаживать контакт
  • get through    пройти через что-л., справляться с чем-л., проводить (закон и т.п.)
  • get to    достигать, браться за какое-л. дело, привлекать внимание
  • get up    подниматься, поднимать, вставать с постели, будить, наряжаться, наряжать, подготавливаться, подготавливать, стимулировать
  • get up to    достигать, догонять, встревать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - recibir, cobrar, adquirir, alcanzar, llegar a, cosechar, lograr, obtener, conseguir, entender, proporcionar, facilitar, procurar, comprar, buscar, ir por, venir por, coger, sufrir, ganar, hacerse, llegar a ser, meterse a, ponerse, quedarse, resultar, volverse
v. intr. - hacerse, llegar a ser, meterse a, ponerse, quedarse, resultar, volverse, arribar
n. - vástago, descendiente, descendencia, prole

idioms:

  • get about    difundirse, desplazarse, trasladarse, divulgarse, salir o viajar mucho
  • get across    cruzar, atravesar, comprender, pasar, hacer entender, lograr comunicar, surtir efecto
  • get ahead    progresar, salir adelante, ser exitoso
  • get back    regresar, volver, ¡atrás!, recuperar, vengarse, desquitarse
  • get down to    ponerse a, abordar, llegar a, concentrarse en
  • get in    entrar, recibir, volver, llegar, ser elegido, plantar, subir/montar (un coche), hacerse parte de un grupo
  • get in on    lograr introducirse en, lograr tomar parte en
  • get in there    llegar a, conseguir
  • get in with    hacerse amigo de alguien en forma interesada, formar amistades peligrosas
  • get it    ser castigado, estar en aprietos, entender o comprender algo
  • get it on    trabajar o actuar creando una buena relación con la gente, tener relaciones sexuales
  • get it up    lograr una erección del pene
  • get off    bajar, apearse, descender, desmontar, marcharse, arrancar, librarse, quitarse, despachar, mandar, soltar, hacer absolver, librarse de un castigo, tener un orgasmo, estar bajo efecto de drogas
  • get off on    entusiasmarse con algo
  • get off with    flirtear, ligar, sacarla barata
  • get on    progresar, adelantar, avanzar, hacer progresos, subir, montar, continuar, tener medios para mantenerse, envejecer, llevarse bien con
  • get on to    localizar, descubrir, ponerse en contacto con, llegar hasta, identificar, encontrar
  • get there    llegar a la meta, conseguir
  • get through    aprobar, llegar, alcanzar la meta, comunicarse, acabar con, terminar, abrirse paso
  • get to    inducir a, influir en, conmover, afectar, tener la oportunidad de
  • get up    levantarse, ponerse de pie, levantar, subir, subirse, desencadenarse, embravecerse, montar, organizar, fraguar, forjar, preparar, estudiar, presentar, disfrazarse
  • get up to    hacer, llegar a o hasta

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - få, skaffa sig, råka ut för, komma fram till, fånga, hitta, få in (radio el. TV), få fast, äta, uppfatta, förstå, sätta dit, vara obegriplig för, ordna, göra i ordning, hinna, befordra, avla (åld.), sticka (sin väg) (sl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
获得, 收获, 变成, 到达, 变得, 成为, 生殖, 幼兽

idioms:

  • get about    走动, 传开, 旅行
  • get across    越过, 被理解, 通过
  • get ahead    进步, 获得成功
  • get back    回来, 找回, 恢复
  • get down to    开始认真考虑
  • get in    进入, 收获, 到达
  • get in with    与某人交往
  • get it    懂了
  • get off    下来, 出发, 脱下
  • get off on    享乐, 情欲亢奋
  • get off with    与...偶然认识
  • get on    进展, 登, 出人头地, 上
  • get on to    与...接触, 识破...的欺骗
  • get through    到达, 通过, 做完
  • get to    到达, 开始, 接触到
  • get up    起床
  • get up to    达到某程度, 做着或忙于..., 尤指令人惊奇的或不好的事

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 獲得, 收穫, 變成
v. intr. - 到達, 變得, 成為
n. - 生殖, 幼獸

idioms:

  • get about    走動, 傳開, 旅行
  • get across    越過, 被理解, 通過
  • get ahead    進步, 獲得成功
  • get back    回來, 找回, 恢復
  • get down to    開始認真考慮
  • get in    進入, 收穫, 到達
  • get in with    與某人交往
  • get it    懂了
  • get off    下來, 出發, 脫下
  • get off on    享樂, 情慾亢奮
  • get off with    與...偶然認識
  • get on    進展, 登, 出人頭地, 上
  • get on to    與...接觸, 識破...的欺騙
  • get through    到達, 通過, 做完
  • get to    到達, 開始, 接觸到
  • get up    起床
  • get up to    達到某程度, 做著或忙於..., 尤指令人驚奇的或不好的事

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 얻다, 죽이다, 이해하다, 화나게 하다, (병이) 걸리다
v. intr. - 도착하다, ~이 되다, 당하다
n. - 새끼, 아이, 이익

idioms:

  • get about    돌아다니다, 소문이 나다
  • get across    건너다, 괴롭히다
  • get ahead    진보하다, 성공하다
  • get back    다시 찾다, 돌려보내다
  • get down to    시작하다, ~에 내리다
  • get in    들어가다, 도착하다, 당선하다
  • get in with    친해지다
  • get it    이해하다, 벌받다
  • get off    떠나다, 발송하다, 하차하다, 모면하다
  • get off on    (마약 등에) 도취하다
  • get off with    끝내다
  • get on    승차하다, 진척되다, 나이를 먹다
  • get on to    승차하다
  • get through    합격하다, 끝내다
  • get to    도착하다, 연락하다, 결과가 되다
  • get up    일어서다, (잠자리에서) 일어나다
  • get up    기상하다, 타다
  • get up to    따라잡다, 도착 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 得る, 買う, 受け取る, 受ける, 持って行く, 取って来る, する, 着く, 到達する, 間に合う, 受信する, …される, 困らせる, 殺す, 到着する, 理解する

idioms:

  • Get a life!    生きがいを見出せ
  • get about    歩きまわる, 広まる, 知れ渡る, 歩き回る
  • get at    手が届く, 取りかかる, 突きとめる, 非難する, ほのめかす, 買収する, 買収して…させる, 届く
  • get away    立ち去る, 逃げる, 出発する, 取り除く
  • get away with    持ち逃げする, で済む
  • get by    通り抜ける, 何とかやっていく, 大目に見てもらえる
  • get down    下りる, 下ろす, 倒す, 飲み下す, 書き留める, かがむ, 気落ちさせる, 降りる
  • get down to    取りかかる
  • get in    中へ入る, 乗り込ませる, 着く, 到着する, 集める, 仕入れる, 差し挟む, 組み入れる, 家に呼ぶ, 入る
  • get in with    親しくなる, と親しくなる
  • get into    入る, 乗り込む, 乗り込ませる, 着る, …に…を着せる, 入れる, 始める, 慣れる, …にする
  • get it    わかる, 理解する, 当たる, 罰を受ける
  • get it over with    完成する
  • get it right    正しく理解させる
  • get off    降りる, …から降ろす, 出発する, 脱ぐ, はずす, 済ませる, 出される, 仕事を終える
  • get off on    興奮する
  • get off with    と親しくなる, と親しい関係にする
  • get on    乗る, やっていく, 進む, 成功する, 仲よくやっていく, 身につける, する, 取りかかる, たつ
  • get on to    乗る, 見付ける
  • get out    出る, 降りる, 発する, 漏れる, 逃亡する, 出版する, 解く
  • get out of    …から出る, から降りる, 避ける, …から漏れる, …から逃走する, やめる, …に…をやめさせる, から出る
  • get over    乗り越えさせる, 克服する, 理解する, から回復する, 伝える
  • get through    通り抜ける, 合格させる
  • get to    着く, 到着する, 到達する, 取りかかる, …し始める
  • get up    起きる, 立ち上がる, 起き上がる, 激しくなる, 上がる, 登る, 乗る, 飾る, 身なりを整える
  • get up to    達する, 到達させる, する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينال, يكسب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השיג, רכש, קיבל, לקח, גרם, הביא ל-, הבין, הרע לעצמו, הכין (ארוחה וכו'), נדבק ב(מחלה וכו')‬
v. intr. - ‮בא, הגיע, נעשה, היה, הבין‬
n. - ‮המלטה, גור חיות, שוטה (עגה בריטית)‬


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