gets
noun
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Offspring.
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Lineage.
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A difficult return or block of a shot.
- 4
Something gained; an acquisition.
verb
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(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
“I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.”
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To receive.
“He got a severe reprimand for that.”
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(in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
“I've got a concert ticket for you.”
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To fetch, bring, take.
“Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?”
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To become, or cause oneself to become.
“I'm getting hungry; how about you?”
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To cause to become; to bring about.
“I can't get these boots off (or on).”
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To cause to do.
“I can't get it to work.”
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To cause to come or go or move.
“I got him to his room.”
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To cause to be in a certain status or position.
“Get him here at once.”
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(with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
“I'm getting into a muddle.”
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To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
“to get a mile”
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To begin (doing something or to do something).
“After lunch we got chatting.”
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To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
“I normally get the 7:45 train.”
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To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
“Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.”
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(followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
“Great. I get to clean the toilets today.”
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To understand. (compare get it)
“I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!”
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To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
“"You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."”
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To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
“He got bitten by a dog.”
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To become ill with or catch (a disease).
“I went on holiday and got malaria.”
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To catch out, trick successfully.
“He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.”
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To perplex, stump.
“That question's really got me.”
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To find as an answer.
“What did you get for question four?”
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To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
“I'm gonna get him for that.”
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To hear completely; catch.
“Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?”
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To getter.
“I put the getter into the container to get the gases.”
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To beget (of a father).
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To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
“to get a lesson; to get out one's Greek lesson”
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Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
“Get her with her new hairdo.”
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To go, to leave; to scram.
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To kill.
“They’re coming to get you, Barbara.”
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To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
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To measure.
“Did you get her temperature?”
Synonyms
Antonyms
noun
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A git.
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