get
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～ 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"
get
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～ be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
get around
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～ move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?"
get
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～ suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!"
get back
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～ take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even"
get
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～ 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"
get
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～ 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"
get about
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～ move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?"
get across
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～ travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
get
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～ go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
get
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～ 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"
get along
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～ proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"
get
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～ reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"
get
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～ 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"
get
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～ 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"
get at
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～ reach or gain access to; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof"
get
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～ acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"
get across
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～ become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
get
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～ make (offspring) by reproduction; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "John fathered four daughters"
get
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～ earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls"