What does "get" mean?

In addition to the idioms beginning with get, also see be (get) busted; come and get it; dip (get) one's toes into; early bird catches (gets) the worm; give as good as one gets; ground floor, get in on the; it takes getting used to; lay (get) one's hands on; marching orders, get one's; play hard to get; squeaky wheel gets the grease; tell someone where to get off; when the going gets tough; you get what you pay for. Also see under become; give; have.

See get in WNW Idioms

get about

to move from place to place
to go to many social events, places, etc.
to circulate widely, as news

get across

Informal

to clarify or explain convincingly
to be clear; be understood
to succeed, as in making oneself understood or conveying one's personality to an audience

get after

Informal

to pursue or attack
to urge or goad persistently

get along

get anywhere

to have any success or make any progress

get around

to get about (in all senses)
â to circumvent or overcome
to influence, outwit, or gain favor with by cajoling, flattering, etc.

get around to

to find time or occasion for
to get started on, esp. after a delay

get at

to approach or reach
â to apply oneself to (work, etc.)
to find out
to imply or suggest
Informal to influence by bribery or intimidation

get away

to go away; leave
to escape
to start, as in a race

get away with

Informal to succeed in doing or taking without being discovered or punished

get back

to return
to recover
â Slang to retaliate; get revenge: usually with at

get behind

to move to the rear of
to endorse or support
to fall into arrears, as in making a payment

get by

to be fairly adequate or acceptable
â Informal to succeed without being discovered or punished
Informal to survive; manage

get down

to descend
to dismount
â Slang
1. to relax and take part in social activity, play music, dance, etc.
2. to act or behave naturally, casually, without pretense, etc.

get down to

to begin to consider or act on

get in

to enter
to join or cause to join (an activity, group, etc.)
also get in on
to arrive
to put in
to become familiar or closely associated (with)

get it

Informal

â to understand
to be punished

get it on

Slang to have sexual intercourse: often with with

get nowhere

to make no progress; accomplish nothing

get off

to come off, down, or out of
to leave; go away
to take off
to escape
1. to help escape sentence or punishment
2. to lessen the sentence or punishment of
to start, as in a race
â to utter (a joke, retort, etc.)
to have a holiday; have time off
Slang to experience euphoria, an orgasm, etc.

get (someone) off

Slang to cause to experience euphoria, intoxication, an orgasm, etc.

get off on

Slang to experience or receive pleasure and satisfaction from; enjoy

get on

to go on or into
to put on
to proceed; make progress
to grow older
to succeed, as in making a living
to agree; be compatible

get on for

Brit. to approach (a time, amount, age, etc.)

get (right) on it

Informal to begin doing a task (immediately)

get out

to go out
to go away
to take out
â to become no longer a secret
to publish

get out of

to go out from
1. to escape from or avoid
2. to help escape from or avoid
to go beyond (sight, etc.)
to find out from, as by force

get over

to recover from
to forget or overlook
Informal to get across (in all senses)

get one's own back

get somewhere

to accomplish something; succeed

get so (that)

Informal to reach the point or state where

get there

â Informal to succeed

get through

to finish
to manage to survive
to secure favorable action upon (a bill, etc.)
to establish communication, or make oneself clear (to)

get to

to succeed in reaching or communicating with
â to influence, as by bribery or intimidation
1. to stir the emotions of
2. to annoy or irritate

get together

to bring together; accumulate
to come together; gather
â Informal to reach an agreement

get up

to rise (from a chair, from sleep, etc.)
to contrive; organize
to dress elaborately
to advance; make progress
to climb or mount
â go forward: used as a command to a horse

get with

to go along with: often in the phrase get with the program, to go along with the assigned or predetermined plan of action

See get in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

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