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    n.

  • a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

    v.

  • come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; acquire

    She got a lot of paintings from her uncle

    They acquired a new pet

    Get your results the next day

    Get permission to take a few days off from work

  • enter or assume a certain state or condition; become, go

    He became annoyed when he heard the bad news

    It must be getting more serious

    her face went red with anger

    She went into ecstasy

    Get going!

  • cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; let, have

    He got his squad on the ball

    This let me in for a big surprise

    He got a girl into trouble

  • receive a specified treatment (abstract); receive, find, obtain, incur

    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; arrive, come

    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; bring, convey, fetch

    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); experience, receive, have, undergo

    get an idea

    experience vertigo

    get nauseous

    undergo a strange sensation

    The chemical undergoes a sudden change

    The fluid undergoes shear

    receive injuries

    have a feeling

  • take vengeance on or get even; pay back, pay off, fix

    We'll get them!

    That'll fix him good!

    This time I got him

  • achieve a point or goal; have, make

    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; induce, stimulate, cause, have, make

    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; catch, capture

    We finally got the suspect

    Did you catch the thief?

  • come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); grow, develop, produce, acquire

    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; contract, take

    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; make

    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; drive, aim

    What are you driving at?

  • grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; catch

    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; catch, arrest

    His look caught her

    She caught his eye

    Catch the attention of the waiter

  • reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; catch

    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; catch

    I didn't catch your name

    She didn't get his name when they met the first time

  • suffer from the receipt of; catch

    She will catch hell for this behavior!

  • receive as a retribution or punishment; receive

    He got 5 years in prison

  • leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; scram, buzz off, fuck off, bugger off

    Scram!

  • reach and board

    She got the bus just as it was leaving

  • irritate; get under one's skin

    Her childish behavior really get to me

    His lying really gets me

  • evoke an emotional response

    Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time

  • apprehend and reproduce accurately; catch

    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; draw

    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; perplex, vex, stick, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound

    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; get down, begin, start out, start, set about, set out, commence

    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); suffer, sustain, have

    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; beget, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth

    Abraham begot Isaac

    Men often father children but don't recognize them

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

gets|got|getting|gotten
syn.: acquire become bring bring about fetch gain grow incur induce influence obtain persuade receive retrieve secure turn
ant.: lose