📒 to receive something
- I got a call from Dave this morning.
- What (= What presents) did you get for your birthday?
- He gets (= earns) about $40 000 a year.
📒 to obtain something
- He has just got a new job.
- I'll get the money somehow.
- She opened the door wider to get a better look.
📒 to buy something
- get something Where did you get that skirt?
- Did you manage to get tickets for the concert?
- Can I get a Coke?
📒 to obtain or receive an amount of money by selling something
- get something If you sell it at auction you can expect to get roughly £800.
- get something for something How much did you get for your car?
- We got £420 000 for the house.
📒 to go to a place and bring somebody/something back
- get somebody/something Quick—go and get a cloth!
- Somebody get a doctor!
- She went to get help.
📒 to achieve or be given a particular mark or grade in an exam
- He got a ‘C’ in Chemistry and a ‘B’ in English.
📒 to start to develop an illness; to suffer from a pain, etc.
- I got this cold off (= from) you!
- She gets (= often suffers from) really bad headaches.
- I think I'm getting a cold.
📒 to receive something as a punishment
- He got ten years (= was sent to prison for ten years) for armed robbery.
📒 to connect to the internet or a phone network; to receive broadcasts from a particular television or radio station
- 95 per cent of the UK can now get superfast broadband.
- I couldn't get any mobile phone reception.
- We can't get Channel 5 in our area.
📒 to be connected with somebody by phone
- I wanted to speak to the manager but I got his secretary instead.
📒 to arrive at or reach a place or point
- We got to San Diego at 7 o'clock.
- We're aiming to get to the party at about nine.
- You got in very late last night.
📒 to move to or from a particular place or in a particular direction, sometimes with difficulty; to make somebody/something do this
- + adv./prep. The bridge was destroyed so we couldn't get across the river.
- She got into bed.
- He got down from the ladder.
📒 to use a bus, taxi, plane, etc.
- We're going to be late—let's get a taxi.
- I usually get the bus to work.
- Get a train to Newport and then get a bus from the station.
📒 to reach a particular state or condition; to make somebody/something/yourself reach a particular state or condition
- + adj. to get angry/bored/hungry/fat
- to get better/worse
- You'll soon get used to the climate here.
📒 to reach the point at which you feel, know, are, etc. something
- After a time you get to realize that these things don't matter.
- You'll like her once you get to know her.
- His drinking is getting to be a problem.
📒 to cause something to happen or be done
- I must get my hair cut.
- I'll never get all this work finished.
- She has a reputation for getting things done.
📒 to make, persuade, etc. somebody/something to do something
- get somebody/something to do something I couldn't get the car to start this morning.
- He got his sister to help him with his homework.
- You'll never get him to understand.
📒 to start doing something
- I got talking to her.
- We need to get going soon.
📒 to have the opportunity to do something
- He got to try out all the new software.
- It's not fair—I never get to go first.
📒 to prepare a meal
- get something Who's getting the lunch?
- You sit down and relax. I'll get supper.
- get something for somebody/yourself I must go home and get tea for the kids.
📒 to answer the phone or a door when somebody calls, knocks, etc.
📒 to catch or take hold of somebody, especially in order to harm or punish them
- He was on the run for a week before the police got him.
- to get somebody by the arm/wrist/throat
- She fell overboard and the sharks got her.
📒 to hit or wound somebody
- The bullet got him in the neck.
📒 to understand somebody/something
- I don't get you.
- She didn't get the joke.
- I don't get it—why would she do a thing like that?
📒 used to say that something happens or exists
- You get (= There are) all these kids hanging around in the street.
- They still get cases of typhoid there.
📒 to make somebody feel confused because they do not understand something
- ‘What's the capital of Bhutan?’ ‘You've got me there!’ (= I don't know)
📒 to annoy somebody
- What gets me is having to do the same thing all day long.
📒 to be becoming old
📒 to be becoming late
- The time's getting on—we ought to be going.
📒 to be nearly a particular time, age or number
- It must be getting on for midnight.
- He's getting on for eighty.
📒 used to say that you are shocked, surprised, etc. by something
- I can't get over how rude she was.
📒 to have a short holiday in a place where you can relax
📒 to leave a place in order to go somewhere else
- It's been lovely to see you, but it's probably time we got going.
📒 to start happening or being done
- The project hasn't really got going yet.
📒 to make somebody angry, worried or excited
📒 to succeed in starting a machine, vehicle, process, etc.
- We finally managed to get the car going.
📒 to be punished or spoken to angrily about something
- If your dad finds out you'll really get it!
📒 to have sex with somebody
📒 to have an erection
📒 to not help somebody make progress or succeed
- This line of investigation is getting us nowhere.
- Being rude to me won't get you anywhere.
📒 to make some progress/no progress
- After six months' work on the project, at last I feel I'm getting somewhere.
- I don't seem to be getting anywhere with this letter.
📒 to achieve your aim or complete a task
- I'm sure you'll get there in the end.
- It's not perfect but we're getting there (= making progress).
📒 used to say that you are going to tell somebody something that they will find surprising or interesting
- OK, get this guys—there are only two left!
- So get this—I did all the work and he got the money.
📒 used to express surprise or disapproval that somebody has been so selfish, stupid, etc.
📒 you have to admit that something unpleasant is true
📒 used to ask, especially in an angry way, what somebody is/was suggesting
- I'm partly to blame? What exactly are you getting at?
📒 used to say that somebody has suddenly started to behave in a strange or different way
- What's got into Alex? He never used to worry like that.
- I’m sorry for laughing like that—I don’t know what got into me.