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”
Synonymspay backpay offfix 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
Synonymsscrambuzz offfuck offbugger off 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”
Synonymsget under one's skin
evoke an emotional response; gets me every time"
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”
