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Uses of Verb TO GET

This document provides definitions and examples for the multiple meanings and uses of the English verb "get". It is divided into sections that explain get to mean: 1) arrive, 2) receive or obtain, 3) become (show a change in state), 4) buy, bring, or find, 5) have or have to, and 6) expressions using get such as "get it", "get going", and "get off to a start". Examples are provided to illustrate the different uses and meanings of get in various contexts.

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Uses of Verb TO GET

This document provides definitions and examples for the multiple meanings and uses of the English verb "get". It is divided into sections that explain get to mean: 1) arrive, 2) receive or obtain, 3) become (show a change in state), 4) buy, bring, or find, 5) have or have to, and 6) expressions using get such as "get it", "get going", and "get off to a start". Examples are provided to illustrate the different uses and meanings of get in various contexts.

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TO GET - You are getting on my nerves.

You are annoying me.


1) TO ARRIVE:
How did you get to Acapulco? 7) PHRASAL VERB
- I got here by airplane.
What time did you get here? Get across: be communicated successfully
- I got here at 10:30. Get along: have a friendly relationship
Get around: go or travel to different places
2) TO RECEIVE/ OBTAIN Get around STH: avoid something that is
- I got a letter in the post. difficult or causes problems for you
- I hope I get a promotion. Get around to: do STH that you have been
- He is not going to get an apology! intending to do for some time
- I get presents at Christmas. Get at: criticize in an unkind way, say
- Can I get a hug? something in a way that is difficult for other
people to understand, threaten
3) TO BECOME (TO SHOW A CHANGE) Get away: leave, on holiday, escape
- ADJECTIVES: old/hot/cold/ red Get back: return, do / get something again,
- COMPARATIVES: better/ more punish somebody
exciting Get behind: support
- PAST PARCICIPLES: bored Get by: "so-so"
- In summer it gets hot. Get down: make SB sad, write STH down,
- I hope I get better in English. eat / drink, dance
- I need to leave, I’m getting bored Get in: enter, arrive (home)
Get into: become involved
Get off: leave, finish work
4) TO BUY/ BRING / FIND Get on: progress
- Can I get you a drink? Get on with it!: tell SB to hurry
- I need to get some new clothes. Get out: leave, escape
- Were you able to get the information? Get out of: avoid, stop doing STH
Get over: become well, finish STH
5) TO HAVE or TO HAVE TO (same Get through: succeed, reach, by phone
meaning) Get up: get out of the bed
- + I have so much money. Get up to: do STH slightly bad
I’ve got so much money
- -I don´t have any friend.
I’ve not got any friend.
- ? Do you have enough time?
Have you got enough time?

6) EXPRESSIONS WITH GET


-Do you get it?
Do you understand it?
-Did you get it right?
Did you answer correctly.
-I need to get going.
I need to start to leave.
- We did not get off to a good start
We didn’t begin well.

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