Verb
- 1. get, acquire
- usage: 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"
- 2. become, go, get, change state, turn
- usage: 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!"
- 3. get, let, have, make, get
- usage: 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"
- 4. receive, get, find, obtain, incur, change
- usage: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
- 5. arrive, get, come
- usage: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
- 6. bring, get, convey, fetch, transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
- usage: 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"
- 7. experience, receive, have, get, undergo
- usage: go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
- 8. pay back, pay off, get, fix, get even, get back
- usage: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
- 9. have, get, make, score, hit, tally, rack up
- usage: achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
- 10. induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
- usage: 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"
- 11. get, catch, capture, seize, prehend, clutch
- usage: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
- 12. grow, develop, produce, get, acquire, change
- usage: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
- 13. contract, take, get, sicken, come down
- usage: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
- 14. get, communicate, intercommunicate
- usage: communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone; "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake"
- 15. make, get, change, alter, modify
- usage: give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
- 16. drive, get, aim, mean, intend
- usage: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?"
- 17. catch, get, understand
- usage: grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him"
- 18. catch, arrest, get, attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
- usage: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
- 19. get, catch, hit
- usage: reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach"
- 20. get
- usage: reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"
- 21. get, get, acquire
- usage: acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"
- 22. get, buy, purchase
- usage: purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?"
- 23. catch, get, hear
- usage: perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time"
- 24. catch, get, hurt, ache, suffer
- usage: suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!"
- 25. get, receive
- usage: receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison"
- 26. scram, buzz off, fuck off, get, bugger off, leave, go forth, go away
- usage: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!"
- 27. get, catch
- usage: reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving"
- 28. get, get under one's skin, annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
- usage: irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"
- 29. get, touch, stir
- usage: evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"
- 30. catch, get, reproduce
- usage: apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"
- 31. draw, get, effect, effectuate, set up
- usage: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls"
- 32. get, destroy, ruin
- usage: overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish"
- 33. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound, confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
- usage: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
- 34. get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
- usage: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
- 35. suffer, sustain, have, get, experience, receive, have, get
- usage: undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
- 36. beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth, make, create
- usage: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
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