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(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

To receive.

(in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. {{n-g|See usage notes.}}

To fetch, bring, take.

(become) (copulative) To become, or cause oneself to become. +

To cause to become; to bring about.

To cause to do.

To cause to come or go or move.

(with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

(catenative) (with full infinitive or gerund-participle) To begin (doing something or to do something).

To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

(catenative) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).

(understand) (informal) To understand. {{qualifier|compare (get it)}}

(informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).

(informal) {{non-gloss|Used with the past participle to form the dynamic passive voice of a dynamic verb. Compared with static passive with ''to be'', this emphasizes the commencement of an action or entry into a state.}}

(informal) {{non-gloss|Used with a pronoun subject, usually (you) but sometimes (one), to indicate that the object of the verb exists, can occur or is otherwise typical.}}

To become ill with or catch (a disease).

(informal) To catch out, trick successfully.

(informal) To perplex, stump.

To find as an answer.

(informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.

To hear completely; catch.

To getter.

(rare) To beget (of a father).

(archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with ''out''.

(informal) {{non-gloss|Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.}}

(imperative) To go, to leave; to scram.

(euphemism) To kill.

(obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

To measure.

To cause someone to laugh.

(dated) Offspring, especially illegitimate.

Lineage.

(tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.

(informal) Something gained; an acquisition.

(regional) (contemptible person)

(Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.