get

v

1. receive, come by, realize, inherit, succeed to, fall into; gain, win, achieve, attain, reach; benefit, profit, avail; (all usu. of wages) earn, make, Sl. pull down, gross, clear, net, Inf. take home, pocket.

2. obtain, acquire, secure, procure, purchase, buy, pick up; take in, harvest, garner, reap, gather, collect, glean.

3. capture, seize, grasp, bag; grip, grab, lay hold of, collar; catch, entrap, ensnare; take, snatch.

4. fetch, go for or after, go get, Hunting. retrieve; bring to, convey to, transport, carry; collect, take away, haul away.

5. communicate with, reach, contact, get in touch with; write, drop a line or note, epistolize; telephone, Inf. phone, call, Chiefly Brit. ring or ring up, dial or dial up, Inf. buzz.

6. sense, perceive, hear, take in; grasp, apprehend, learn, Inf. catch on, Inf. get the hang of, Inf. get into or through one's head; master, lay hold of, Inf. get a fix or handle on; absorb, digest, assimilate.

7.Informal. comprehend, understand, see, fathom, follow, Inf. make heads or tails of.

8. prevail upon, persuade, induce, talk [s.o.] into [s.t.]; influence, sway, bring [s.o.] round, enlist, win over; wheedle, cajole, coax; bribe, suborn.

9.(all usu. of animals) beget, procreate, generate; father, sire; spawn, breed.

10. affect, move, stir, touch, touch to the quick, Inf. get to; arouse, stimulate, excite, Inf. turn [s.o.] on; grip, hold; impress, leave a mark on, make an impression on, have an impact on; soften, melt, mollify.

11. hit, strike, smite, slap, smack, punch, Sl. sock, Inf. slug, pummel, pelt; shoot; wound, hurt, harm, injure, damage.

12. take vengeance on, get back at, get even with; pay [s.o.] back, even or settle a score with, Inf. give [s.o.] a taste of his own medicine; retaliate, revenge, avenge, return like for like, give tit for tat, demand an eye for an eye.

13. suffer from, be afflicted or visited with, be sick or ill with, have.

14.Slang. irritate, annoy, vex, pique, Sl. bug; provoke, anger, nettle, rankle, exasperate, aggravate; grate on, rub [s.o.] the wrong way; disconcert, unsettle, agitate, disquiet, perturb; ruffle, rattle, fluster; confound, confuse, nonplus, baffle, bewilder, perplex, puzzle.

15. become, come to be, turn into, change into; grow, wax.

16. begin, commence, start, set about.

17. get across

make [s.t.] understood or clear, communicate, get [s.t.] over or through to [s.o.], reach; convey, transmit, impart.

18. get ahead

prosper, flourish, thrive, make good, do well, succeed, be successful; rise up in the world, achieve prestige or status, Sl. go places, Sl. get somewhere.

19. get around

a. circumvent, outwit, outsmart, outmaneuver.b. cajole, flatter, wheedle, coax.c. socialize, travel, get about, circulate, visit, entertain.

20. get back

a. return, come back, arrive home; come again, revisit.b. recover, regain, recoup, retrieve.c. be avenged. See get(def.12).

21. get behind

support, endorse, second, back, finance, Inf. angel; promote, push, plug, Inf. hype, talk up.

22. get by

cope, manage; subsist, fare, survive, get along; keep body and soul together, keep the wolf from the door, make both ends meet, keep one's head above water.

23. get on

a. progress, advance, proceed, move forward, gain ground.b. manage, survive. See get(def.22).c. get along with, be compatible with, be congenial with. d.. grow older, advance in age; become senile or debilitated, weaken, Rare. senesce; age, mature, ripen.

24. get out

a. leave, depart, go away, be off, Sl. split, Inf. vamoose; withdraw from, retire from, get out of.b. make public, publicize, spread, circulate, broadcast, bruit about, noise abroad; become public or known.c. eject, expel, throw out, Sl. bounce.

25. get over

a. recover from, recuperate, pull through, get well, rally.b. forget, write [s.t.] off, think no more of, come round, be reconciled, let bygones be bygones.

26. get together

a. accumulate, gather, assemble, amass, compile.b. congregate, meet, socialize, Inf. party, visit.c. agree, concur, compromise, meet halfway, come to terms, reach a settlement or agreement, come to an understanding.

n

27.(usu. of animals) offspring, progeny, issue; litter, brood, spawn, hatch.

28.Sports. return, save