Definition of get in English English dictionary
- To understand
I don't get what you mean by fun. This place sucks!.
It's usually easy for Norwegians to understand what Swedes are saying.
- It's usually easy for Norwegians to get what Swedes are saying.
- To arrive (at) or progress (towards a place or outcome)
We're slowly getting there.
- To hear completely; catch
Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?.
- To physically assault
I'm gonna get him for that.
- To betake oneself
Get thee behind me.
- To go or come (to a specified place, or in a specified manner)
She got from one side of the bridge to the other in no time.
- Offspring
- To become ill with or catch (a disease)
I went on holiday and got malaria.
- Lineage
- To don or doff clothing, etc
I can't get these boots off (or on).
- (with various prepositions, such as into, over or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt or assume (a certain position or state)
We got behind the wall.
- To obtain, purchase or acquire
You need to get permission to leave early.
- To getter
I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
- To catch out, trick successfully
He keeps calling pretending to be my boss — it gets me every time.
- A difficult return or block of a shot
- To beget (of a father)
Walter had said, dear God, Thomas, it was St fucking Felicity if I'm not mistaken, and her face was to the wall for sure the night I got you.
- To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service)
I'll get the 9 a.m. to Boston.
- To perplex, stump
That question's really got me.
- To fetch
Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?.
- To begin (doing something)
After lunch we got chatting.
- To become
Don't get drunk tonight.
- A Jewish writ of divorce
- A git
- To be (used to form the passive of verbs)
He got bitten by a dog.
- To receive
He got a severe reprimand for that.
Who do you expect to receive Christmas presents from?
- Who do you expect to get Christmas presents from?
- To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal)
The cops finally got me.
- To cause to do
I can't get it to work.
- To cause to become; to bring about
I'll get this finished by lunchtime.
- To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something)
I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!.
- To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc)
Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.
- To find as an answer
What did you get for question four?.
- v. 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
- {f} receive; obtain; purchase; take; understand; be infected (with a disease); arrive; come; become; cause; bring; persuade
- {v} to procure, gain, win, learn, arrive, induce
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
- v [{to mean "to do"} (I have to ~ my work finished )] 2 vt [to catch/take] menangkap (tangkap) 3 vt [to obtain] memperoleh (oleh) 4 vt [to pay someone to do something (I have to ~ my hair washed )] di- [(Rambut saya harus dicuci )] 5 vt [to receive (He got a car from his parents )] menerima (terima)
- Get has many slang and colloquial uses In formal writing, avoid using g e t to mean the following: "to evoke an emotional response" (That song gets to me or Her pouting gets to me); "to take revenge on" (I plan to get her back); "to finish" (We got done); "must" (I've got tostudy); and "have" (I've got three tests this Friday) Get has many slang and colloquial uses In formal writing, avoid using g e t to mean the following: "to evoke an emotional response" (That song gets to me or Her pouting gets to me); "to take revenge on" (I plan to get her back); "to finish" (We got done); "must" (I've got tostudy); and "have" (I've got three tests this Friday)
- get a value associated with a key in the dictionary Example: mydict /Max get
- enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
- cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
- Contract of divorce Rabbinic term for a legal divorce in Israel
- Artifice; contrivance
- A CGI method that is used to retrieve a document from an HTTP server or to send an input form from the user back to the HTTP server With GET, data in the input form is appended to the URL
- To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected
- Fashion; manner; custom
- This command is used to retrieve a file, such as a list archive It should be sent to the command address This command may be made made private so only list members can use it
- go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat"
- overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish"
- attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
- Jet, the mineral
- To adopt or assume (a certain position or state)
- Retrieve the value associated with the key provided
- achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
- An SNMP command that allows the management component to retrieve data stored in a device's MIB
- in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls"
- In the kernel, often means "get a reference to" This may be as simple as incrementing a usage count, or it may imply attempting to retrieve an object from a cache of some sort, or allocating kernel memory See put
- To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson
- To catch out, trick
- acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"
- One of two methods to submit form content, the other being POST
- Find in this IdentityDictionary the key identical to the given item and return its corresponding value
- acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?
- To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; with a following participle
- A security permission granted in the access control list that allows users or groups to retrieve information from the server
- Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion
- take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
- To betake; to remove; in a reflexive use
- an entity corresponding to the requested resource is sent in the response
- get a fix
- To obtain something necessary, especially a dose of an addictive drug or anything else compulsively sought after
- get a grip
- To relax; to calm down; to stop being angry; to come to one's senses or become more rational
He needs to get a grip if he's getting that angry over such a little thing.
- get a handle on
- To build or acquire a basic level of understanding or control
After a week of poring over the manuals, I am just beginning to get a handle on the software.
- get a jump on
- To start early, especially to start before something begins or before others begin
If you'd like to get a jump on the holiday season, many craft stores already have holiday patterns out.
- get a kick out of
- To be delighted by; to be amused by
I really got a kick out of the clowns' juggling act.
- get a leg up
- To get a boost or a lift
I can climb over the fence if I get a leg up from you.
- get a leg up
- To gain some advantage; to get a head start
He hopes that all the extra advertising will give him a leg up on the competition.
- get a life
- to have a fuller or more interesting and worthwhile existence
- get a load of
- To experience someone or something, especially by looking or listening
Get a load of the eyesome femininity at the International Casino, as the Times put it.
- get a move on
- To hurry up, to get moving
I need to get a move on if I'm going to arrive before 3.
- get a rise
- To elicit a reaction of annoyance for sadistic pleasure
- get a rise from
- Alternative form of get a rise out of
- get a rise out of
- To obtain a reaction from someone, especially one of annoyance
Ahmadinejad is no simpleton. . . . His Holocaust denial is a flagrant ploy—the easiest way to get a rise out of the Jewish community.
- get a room
- A jocular or sarcastic expression commanding a couple to stop displaying affection in public, and to rent a hotel or motel room to continue amorous activities in private
- get a word in edgeways
- Alternative form of get a word in edgewise
- get a word in edgewise
- To break into or participate in a conversation
Everyone was talking at once. I couldn't get a word in edgewise.
- get a wriggle on
- to get a move on
While accepting he needs to get a wriggle on, Australia's annual great hope remains defiant and insists he can overcome a nightmare draw and once again challenge for the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup.
- get about
- To be seen in a variety of different places
That's the third party Brenda's been to this week. She certainly gets about.
- get about
- To become widely known (also get out)
If this story gets about then I'm finished.
- get about
- To be mobile, physically active
The first walk I took when I grew stronger and was able to get about was up to Aunt Jane's, notwithstanding she had never so much as been to ask after me all these days.
- get across
- To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively
Bridge the digital divide. Let the poor get across.
- get across
- To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling
Better organized writing helps to get the point across.
- get after
- To attempt to convince another to move into action
Parents get after their children to do homework for the best.
- get after
- To move into action in attempt to catch or defeat another
Do you think the girl's going to ask you out? Get after her!.
- get after
- To move into action in pursuit of something
If you want to win, you've got to get after it.
- get along
- To survive; to do well enough
She didn’t have a lot of money, but she had enough to get along.
- get along
- to be together or coexist well, without arguments or trouble
She never did get along with her brother.
- get around
- To transport oneself from place to place
Granny uses a wheelchair to get around.
- get around
- To avoid or bypass an obstacle
Tax consultants look for ways to get around the law.
- get around
- To come around something
Cross at the rocks when you get around the bend.
- get around
- To move to the other side of an obstruction
There's no trail going through. We can't get around to the lake.
- get around
- To circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore
My brother always gets around cleaning his room himself.
- get around to
- To eventually begin or return to some procrastinated task
The busy orator and mother of two couldn't get around to her unfinished speech.
- get at
- To attack verbally or physically; to annoy, bother
My cat was badly injured after the neighbour's dog got at her.
- get at
- To understand or ascertain by investigation
We need to get at the root cause of all this.
- get at
- To manage to gain access to
I have a lot of money in my trust fund. I just can't get at it.
- get at
- To persuade by intimidation, to tamper with
That was a ridiculous verdict. I think the jury was got at.
- get at
- To mean, signify
I don't understand. What are you getting at?.
- get away
- To start moving; to depart
The train got away exactly on time.
- get away
- (with to when used with an object) To take a break from one's present circumstances; to journey (to), especially on holiday
Next weekend we're hoping to get away to the seaside.
- get away
- To move away (from)
Get away from me!.
- get away
- Expressing disbelief
You bought that for twenty pounds? Get away!.
- get away
- (with from when used with an object) To avoid capture; to escape (from)
I almost caught the critter, but it got away from me.
- get away
- To slip from one's control
I can't cope any more. Things are getting away from me.
- get away
- Sarcastically express disbelief, often to indicate that another's statement was obvious
Get away.
- get away with
- To do something which is prohibited, forbidden or generally not allowed, and not be punished for the action
Our teacher’s so strict, he'd never let us get away with anything in class.
- get away with
- To avoid doing something, or to avoid the consequences of not doing something
He thought he could get away with not doing any work..
- get away with murder
- To do something bad or illegal and not be punished
2005:He said I found out about everything he did and said, 'I can't get away with nothing, and Jim can get away with murder.' I don't think that I let any of my kids get away with murder, and I don't think any one of them ever did much serious mischief. — (Can we this quote?) James M. Hill, Sr., I Have Been Blessed!: Hard Work and Happiness, Aforesight Press, ISBN 0977485994, page 205:.
- get back
- Return to where one came from
When I get back from holiday, I expect the house to be tidy.
- get back
- to retrieve, to have an item returned
I lent her my guitar over the Christmas holidays, and will get it back when the term starts.
- get back at
- To retaliate; to take revenge
She put toothpaste in his shoes to get back at him for the frog he left in her refrigerator.
- get back to
- Return to (an activity)
I'll get back to work as soon as I've finished this game.
- get back to
- To return contact with (someone)
I'll get back to you when I have an answer.
- get behind
- To move to a position behind (something)
I got behind the wheel of my new car.
- get behind
- To fail to keep to a schedule; to fall behind
Hurry up with packing those cases. We're getting behind.
- get behind
- To give one's support to (a person, project etc.)
We all need to get behind our leader.
- get bent
- Used to dismiss a person or what they are saying, and end the conversation
- get bent out of shape
- To take offense; to become angry, agitated or upset
They stopped inviting him to the gatherings, and he really got bent out of shape about it.
- get better
- To recover from an illness
- get better
- To improve
- get busy
- Start working, usually in opposition to idleness
Stop playing computer games, and get busy with your homework.
- get busy
- Have sex
The couple was getting busy in the front room when the doorbell rang.
- get by
- To subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level
Do you think they can get by on only one salary?.
- get by the balls
- To have complete control over someone, especially of a woman abusing a man's infatuation with her
John Wayne).
- get carried away
- To become excessively involved, to take something too far
It was nice of him to write a poem for his new girlfriend, but shooting a full-length film is getting carried away.
- get changed
- To change one's clothing (usually for a specific purpose)
- get cold feet
- to become nervous or anxious and reconsider a decision about an upcoming event
The groom got cold feet before his wedding.
- get cracking
- To get started; to get busy
If I'm going to finish my homework by Thursday, I had better get cracking.
- get cross
- To become angry
When they find them making a mistake, sometimes they get cross with them, and sometimes they encourage them more gently.
- get down
- To dance with abandon
- get down
- To leave the table
Mummy, can I get down?.
- get down
- To duck or take cover, usually to avoid harm. Commonly used as a caution or warning in the imperative
With bullets flying, all I could do was get down and pray.
- get down to brass tacks
- Deal with the important details
- get down to business
- to become involved with something work-related
- get down with
- To join in an activity with somebody, or group of people
It's not easy to get down with a group in which every instrument except the drums is doing it's own thing.
- get down with
- To become good friends with somebody, or group of people
It was pretty easy for me to get down with the crew.
- get down with the kids
- To attempt to ingratiate oneself with people younger than oneself by adopting or imitating their language, mannerisms, clothing, etc, often to the derision of the people imitated
- get dressed
- to beclothe oneself, to put on clothes
- get drunk
- To intoxicate oneself with alcohol
I'm going out tonight to get drunk.
- get drunk
- To make drunk
We got him drunk by spiking the punch.
- get even
- To get revenge
- get freaky
- To have sex
I saw the couple getting freaky in a video on the Internet.
- get fresh
- To flirt
- get fucked
- A curse meaning "go to hell"
How dare you do that to Elizabeth? Get fucked!.
- get fucked
- Go away, get lost
Get fucked-- I don't need your help.
- get fucked
- A term used to express contempt
Get fucked-- I'm disgusted with the way you acted today.
- get going
- To leave, or depart
It is quite late, I'd best get going before sunset.
- get going
- To begin or commence
We'd better get this project going. If we don't get going on it soon, we won't finish in time.
- get high
- To intoxicate oneself with drugs or other substances
I was going to make love to you, but I got high. - Afroman - Because I Got High.
- get hitched
- To get married, to wed
They're gonna get hitched next Saturday.
- get in
- To enter a place; to gain access
They hacked his password and finally got in.
- get in
- To get into or inside something, literally or figuratively
You'd better get in gear. We've got work to do!.
- get in
- To be elected to some office
Do the early results say our candidate will get in?.
- get in
- To secure membership at a selective school
All of our students who applied to university got in.
- get in
- An exclamation of joy
You gained full marks in the exam. Get in!.
- get in someone's hair
- To annoy someone
- get in someone's hair
- To hinder someone or interfere with their actions
- get in the way
- to obstruct, hinder, or interfere
- get in with
- To become involved or associated with (especially a group of people)
I'm very worried about her – she's got in with the wrong crowd.
- get inside someone's pants
- To have sex with (someone), especially for the first time
- get into
- To move into an object, such that one ends up inside it
She got into the car.
- get into
- To enter an unfavourable state
How did we get into such a mess?.
- get into
- To reach into an object
The small child got into everything.
- get into
- To become involved in a discussion or issue
He got into politics.
- get into one's stride
- To become familiar with something recently learnt
- get into someone's pants
- To have sex with
My groupie has been trying to get into my pants for ages. Maybe one day I’ll give in to her demands.
- get into trouble
- to become pregnant
- get into trouble
- To perform an action which is illegal, prohibited, forbidden or proscribed and to become subject to punishment for such action
- get it
- To realize or understand why a joke is funny
I thought it was hilarious, but she didn't get it.
- get it
- To understand, comprehend, or grasp
If they aren't getting it, explain it a different way.
- get it
- To possess a preferred outlook on a given issue or issues
Her principal really just doesn't get it; that new policy won't prevent any violence.
- get it
- To get what's coming to one: to feel someone's wrath; to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating
After the way she spoke to him, she's really going to get it this time.
- get it on
- To have sex
I can see the sparks between us, let's get it on, baby!.
- get it on
- To hurry up; to get a move on
I need to get it on, there's not much time left.
- get it on
- To invite an opponent to a fight, or to agree to a fight.''
You want a piece of me? OK, let's get it on!.
- get it over with
- To do or finish, especially said of something unpleasant.''
He didn’t want to go to the doctor for his shots, but he decided it would be better just to get it over with.
- get it up
- to achieve a penile erection
I love my boyfriend, but am left unsatisfied because he can't get it up.
- get jiggy
- To have sexual intercourse
He told that girl he wants to get jiggy with her.
- get knotted
- A mildly offensive expression of refusal
You want me to go to the party with you? Get knotted!.
- get laid
- To have sex
Dave hasn't even touched a woman in three months. We have to get him laid.
- get life
- Receive a life sentence
- get lost
- To be absent, to seem to be absent
The violins 'get lost with the rest of the music.
- get lost
- Used to tell somebody to go away or leave one alone
- get lost
- To lose one's way
I got lost in his reasoning.
- get lucky
- To encounter luck
- get lucky
- To have a desired sexual opportunity fulfilled
He got lucky in the past week with two different women.
- get married
- to become married, to espouse
- get moving
- To start hurrying to undertake a task
We should get moving with the props if we want this play ready on time.
- get off
- To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it
Get off your rear and help me.
- get off
- To disembark from mass transportation, such as a bus or train
You get off the train at the third stop.
- get off
- To fall asleep
If I wake up during the night, I cannot get off again.
- get off
- To have sex
You are not allowed to get off in my bedroom.
- get off
- To complete a shift or a day's work
If I can get off early tomorrow, I'll give you a ride home.
- get off
- To incur (mild) consequences
The vandal got off easy, with only a fine.
- get off
- To stop (doing something), to desist from (doing something)
Get off, she said skeptically.
- get off
- To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it
Could you get the book off the top shelf for me?.
- get off
- To become sexually aroused, to take pleasure in
It takes more than a picture in a girlie magazine for me to get off''.
- get off
- To disembark
When we reach the next stop, we'll get off.
- get off
- To stop using a piece of equipment
Can you get off the phone, please? I need to use it urgently.
- get off
- () To observe a boundary in some (usually disapproved of) behaviour
Where do you get off talking to me like that?.
- get off
- To stop touching or interfering with something or someone
Don't tickle me - get off!.
- get off lightly
- end up with a mild punishment
My cousin got off lightly with a spanking after he broke the boy’s leg.
- get off of one's cloud
- to detain from pestering a person
Hey! You! Get off of my cloud!.
- get off on
- To be excited or aroused by; to derive pleasure from
I don't get off on champagne.
- get off on the wrong foot
- Alternative form of start off on the wrong foot
- get off one's chest
- to relieve oneself by talking to someone
- get off one's high horse
- To stop acting in an imperious, overbearing or bossy manner
- get off someone's back
- To cease pestering or criticizing someone, i.e. to leave them alone
- get off the ground
- To make (something) succeed
He couldn't get George's career off the ground.
- get off the ground
- To succeed or begin to succeed
His big plans to get rich never quite seemed to get off the ground.
