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get VERB (getting; past got; past part. got, N. Amer. or archaic gotten) 1) come to have or hold; receive. 2) succeed in attaining, achieving, or experiencing; obtain. 3) experience, suffer, or be afflicted with. 4) move in order to pick up, deal with, or bring. 5) bring or come into a specified state or condition. 6) catch, apprehend, or thwart. 7) come or go eventually or with some difficulty. 8) move or come into a specified position or state. 9) tend to meet with or find. 10) travel by or catch (a form of transport). 11) begin to be or do something, especially gradually or by chance. 12) strike or wound. 13) informal punish, injure, or kill. 14) used with past participle to form the passive mood.
get across — Cf. ↑get across
get at — Cf. ↑get at
get away — Cf. ↑get away
get away with — Cf. ↑get away with
get back at — Cf. ↑get back at
get by — Cf. ↑get by
get down — Cf. ↑get down
get down to — Cf. ↑get down to
get off — Cf. ↑get off
get on — Cf. ↑get on
get out of — Cf. ↑get out of
get over — Cf. ↑get over
get one's own back — Cf. ↑get one's own back
get round — Cf. ↑get round
get round to — Cf. ↑get round to
get through — Cf. ↑get through
getting on for — Cf. ↑getting on for
get to — Cf. ↑get to
get together — Cf. ↑get together
get up — Cf. ↑get up
get up to — Cf. ↑get up to
ORIGIN Old Norse, 'obtain, beget, guess' .

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