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The definition of get
35 Definitions of: get
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- verb, to come into possession of; receive or earn
- verb, to bring or fetch
- verb, to contract or be affected by
- verb, to capture or seize
- verb, to become or cause to become or act as specified
- verb, to succeed in going, coming, leaving, etc
- verb, to manage or contrive
- verb, to make ready or prepare
- verb, to hear, notice, or understand
- verb, to learn or master by study
- verb, to come (to) or arrive (at)
- verb, to catch or enter
- verb, to induce or persuade
- verb, to reach by calculation
- verb, to receive (a broadcast signal)
- verb, to communicate with (a person or place), as by telephone
- verb, to have an emotional effect (on)
- verb, to annoy or irritate
- verb, to bring a person into a difficult position from which he or she cannot escape
- verb, to puzzle; baffle
- verb, to hit
- verb, to be revenged on, esp by killing
- verb, slang a) to gain access (to a person) with the purpose of bribing him b) to obtain access (to someone) and kill or silence him
- verb, to have the better of
- verb, to begin
- verb, go! leave now!
- verb, to beget or conceive
- verb, get even with. See even
- verb, get it (in the neck) to be reprimanded or punished severely
- verb, get with it slang to allow oneself to respond to new ideas, styles, etc
- verb, get with child to make pregnant
- noun, the act of begetting
- noun, something begotten; offspring
- noun, slang. a variant of git
- noun, (in tennis) a successful return of a shot that was difficult to reach ▷ See also get about ▷ See also, get across ▷ See also, get ahead ▷ See also, get along ▷ See also, get at ▷ See also, get away ▷ See also, get back ▷ See also, get by ▷ See also, get down ▷ See also, get in ▷ See also, get into ▷ See also, get off ▷ See also, get on ▷ See also, get onto ▷ See also, get out ▷ See also, get over ▷ See also, get round ▷ See also, get through ▷ See also, get-together ▷ See also, get up ▷ See also, got ▷ See also, gotten
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