<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>getting, got, or gotten; got or (Archaic) gat<ul><li>to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.</li><li>to cause to be in one's possession or succeed in having available for one's use or enjoyment; obtain; acquire: to get a good price after bargaining; to get oil by drilling; to get information.</li><li>Synonyms: gain, win</li><li>to go after, take hold of, and bring (something) for one's own or for another's purposes; fetch: Would you get the milk from the refrigerator for me?</li><li>to cause or cause to become, to do, to move, etc., as specified; effect: to get one's hair cut; to get a person drunk; to get a fire to burn; to get a dog out of a room.</li><li>to communicate or establish communication with over a distance; reach: You can always get me by telephone.</li><li>to hear or hear clearly: I didn't get your last name.</li><li>to acquire a mental grasp or command of; learn: to get a lesson.</li><li>Synonyms: grasp, apprehend</li><li>to capture; seize: Get him before he escapes!</li><li>to receive as a punishment or sentence: to get a spanking; to get 20 years in jail.</li><li>to prevail on; influence or persuade: We'll get him to go with us.</li><li>Synonyms: dispose, induce</li><li>to prepare; make ready: to get dinner.</li><li>(especially of animals) to beget.</li><li>Synonyms: engender</li><li>Informal: to affect emotionally: Her pleas got me.</li><li>to hit, strike, or wound: The bullet got him in the leg.</li><li>Informal: to kill.</li><li>Informal: to take vengeance on: I'll get you yet!</li><li>to catch or be afflicted with; come down with or suffer from: He got malaria while living in the tropics. She gets butterflies before every performance.</li><li>Informal: to puzzle; irritate; annoy: Their silly remarks get me.</li><li>Informal: to understand; comprehend: I don't get the joke. This report may be crystal clear to a scientist, but I don't get it.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.</li><li>a return of a ball, as in tennis, that would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent.</li><li>British Slang: something earned, as salary, profits, etc.: What's your week's get?</li><li>a child born out of wedlock.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to escape; flee: He tried to get away, but the crowd was too dense.</li><li>to start out; leave: The racehorses got away from the starting gate.</li><li>to succeed, as in meeting, reaching, or contacting by telephone (usually followed by to): I tried to call you last night, but I couldn't get through.</li><li>to complete; finish: How he ever got through college is a mystery.</li><li>to make oneself understood: One simply cannot get through to her.</li><li>to go into a place; enter: He forgot his key and couldn't get in.</li><li>to arrive; come: They both got in on the same train.</li><li>to become associated with: He got in with a bad crowd.</li><li>to be chosen or accepted, as for office, membership, etc.: As secretary of the club, his friend made sure that he got in.</li><li>to become implicated in: By embezzling money to pay his gambling debts quickly, he was getting in further and further.</li><li>to circumvent; outwit.</li><li>to ingratiate oneself with (someone) through flattery or cajolery.</li><li>to travel from place to place; circulate: I don't get around much anymore.</li><li>to go away; leave.</li><li>to leave (often followed by of): Get out of here! We had to get out of the bus at San Antonio.</li><li>to become publicly known: We mustn't let this story get out.</li><li>to withdraw or retire (often followed by of): He decided to get out of the dry goods business.</li><li>to produce or complete: Let's get this work out!</li><li>also get around.</li><li>to move about; be active: He gets about with difficulty since his illness.</li><li>to become known; spread: It was supposed to be a secret, but somehow it got about.</li><li>to be socially active: She's been getting about much more since her family moved to the city.</li><li>to succeed in going past: to get by a police barricade.</li><li>to manage to exist, survive, continue in business, etc., in spite of difficulties.</li><li>to evade the notice of: He doesn't let much get by him.</li><li>to get in touch or into communication with; contact: It was too late by the time he got to the authorities.</li><li>Informal: to make an impression on; affect: This music really gets to you.</li><li>to begin: When he gets to telling stories about the war, there's no stopping him.</li><li>to escape the consequences of or punishment for one's actions.</li><li>to help (someone) escape punishment: A good lawyer might get you off.</li><li>to begin a journey; leave: He got off on the noon flight.</li><li>to leave (a train, plane, etc.); dismount from (a horse); alight.</li><li>to tell (a joke); express (an opinion): The comedian got off a couple of good ones.</li><li>Informal: to have the effrontery: Where does he get off telling me how to behave?</li><li>Slang: Vulgar: to experience orgasm.</li><li>to experience or cause to experience a high from or as if from a drug.</li><li>to cause to feel pleasure, enthusiasm, or excitement: a new rock group that gets everyone off.</li><li>to reach; touch: to stretch in order to get at a top shelf.</li><li>to suggest, hint at, or imply; intimate: What are you getting at?</li><li>to discover; determine: to get at the root of a problem.</li><li>Informal: to influence by surreptitious or illegal means; bribe: The gangsters couldn't get at the mayor.</li><li>to make progress; proceed; advance.</li><li>to have sufficient means to manage, survive, or fare.</li><li>to be on good terms; agree: She simply can't get on with her brothers.</li><li>to advance in age: He is getting on in years.</li><li>to bring or come down; descend: The kitten climbed the tree, but then couldn't get down again.</li><li>to concentrate; attend: to get down to the matter at hand.</li><li>to depress; discourage; fatigue: Nothing gets me down so much as a rainy day.</li><li>to swallow: The pill was so large that he couldn't get it down.</li><li>to relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment: getting down with a bunch of old friends.</li><li>to move forward of, as in traveling: The taxi got ahead of her after the light changed.</li><li>to surpass; outdo: He refused to let anyone get ahead of him in business.</li><li>to make or become understandable; communicate: to get a lesson across to students.</li><li>to be convincing about; impress upon others: The fire chief got across forcefully the fact that turning in a false alarm is a serious offense.</li><li>to perpetrate or accomplish without detection or punishment: Some people lie and cheat and always seem to get away with it.</li><li>to be successful, as in business or society: She got ahead by sheer determination.</li><li>to recover from: to get over an illness.</li></ul>