Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

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”

reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

• “She arrived home at 7 o'clock”
• “She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight”

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”

go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

• “get an idea”
• “experience vertigo”
• “get nauseous”
• “receive injuries”
• “have a feeling”

take vengeance on or get even

• “We'll get them!”
• “That'll fix him good!”
• “This time I got him”

achieve a point or goal

• “Nicklaus had a 70”
• “The Brazilian team got 4 goals”
• “She made 29 points that day”

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”

succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• “We finally got the suspect”
• “Did you catch the thief?”

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”

be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• “He got AIDS”
• “She came down with pneumonia”
• “She took a chill”

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”

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”

move into a desired direction of discourse

• “What are you driving at?”

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”

attract and fix

• “His look caught her”
• “She caught his eye”
• “Catch the attention of the waiter”

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”

reach by calculation

• “What do you get when you add up these numbers?”

acquire as a result of some effort or action

• “You cannot get water out of a stone”
• “Where did she get these news?”

purchase

• “What did you get at the toy store?”

perceive by hearing

• “I didn't catch your name”
• “She didn't get his name when they met the first time”

suffer from the receipt of

• “She will catch hell for this behavior!”

receive as a retribution or punishment

• “He got 5 years in prison”

leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

• “Scram!”

reach and board

• “She got the bus just as it was leaving”

irritate

• “Her childish behavior really get to me”
• “His lying really gets me”

evoke an emotional response; gets me every time"

• “Brahms's `Requiem'”

apprehend and reproduce accurately

• “She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings”
• “She got the mood just right in her photographs”

earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

• “He drew a base on balls”

overcome or destroy

• “The ice storm got my hibiscus”
• “the cat got the goldfish”

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”

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”

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”

make children

• “Abraham begot Isaac”
• “Men often father children but don't recognize them”