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Get
verb (past got, obs. gat; past part. got or gotten; pres. part. getting) 1.Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract. Synonym: acquire. "They acquired a new pet" , "Get your results the next day" , "Get permission to take a few days off from work" 2.Enter or assume a certain state or condition. Synonyms: become, go. "It must be getting more serious" , "Her face went red with anger" , "She went into ecstasy" , "Get going!" 3.Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition. Synonyms: have, let. "This let me in for a big surprise" , "He got a girl into trouble" 4.Receive a specified treatment (abstract). Synonyms: find, incur, obtain, receive. "His movie received a good review" , "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" 5.Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress. Synonyms: arrive, come. "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" 6.Go or come after and bring or take back. Synonyms: bring, convey, fetch. "Could you bring the wine?" , "The dog fetched the hat" 7.Go through (mental or physical states or experiences). Synonyms: experience, have, receive. "Experience vertigo" , "Get nauseous" , "Receive injuries" , "Have a feeling" 8.Take vengeance on or get even. Synonyms: fix, pay back, pay off. "That'll fix him good!" , "This time I got him" 9.Achieve a point or goal. Synonyms: have, make. "The Brazilian team got 4 goals" , "She made 29 points that day" 10.Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. Synonyms: cause, have, induce, make, stimulate. "My children finally got me to buy a computer" , "My wife made me buy a new sofa" 11.Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase. Synonyms: capture, catch. "Did you catch the thief?" 12.Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes). Synonyms: acquire, develop, grow, produce. "The patient developed abdominal pains" , "I got funny spots all over my body" , "Well-developed breasts" 13.Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness. Synonyms: contract, take. "She came down with pneumonia" , "She took a chill" 14.Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone. "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake" 15.Give certain properties to something. Synonym: make. "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" 16.Move into a desired direction of discourse. Synonyms: aim, drive. 17.Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of. Synonym: catch. "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" 18.Attract and fix. Synonyms: arrest, catch. "She caught his eye" , "Catch the attention of the waiter" 19.Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot. Synonym: catch. "The blow got him in the back" , "The punch caught him in the stomach" 21.Acquire as a result of some effort or action. "Where did she get these news?" 23.Perceive by hearing. Synonym: catch. "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" 24.Suffer from the receipt of. Synonym: catch. 25.Receive as a retribution or punishment. Synonym: receive. 29.Evoke an emotional response. 30.Apprehend and reproduce accurately. Synonym: catch. "She got the mood just right in her photographs" 31.Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher. Synonym: draw. 32.Overcome or destroy. "The cat got the goldfish" 33.Be a mystery or bewildering to. Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex. "Got me--I don't know the answer!" , "A vexing problem" , "This question really stuck me" 34.Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action. Synonyms: begin, commence, get down, set about, set out, start, start out. "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" 35.Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses). Synonyms: have, suffer, sustain. "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" noun 1.A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent.
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