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(verb) cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition: "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" |
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Synonyms: have, let |
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Related Words: get, make |
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(verb) reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?" |
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(verb) 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" |
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Related Words: communicate, intercommunicate |
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(verb) succeed in catching or seizing, , esp. after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?" |
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Synonyms: capture, catch |
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Related Words: clutch, prehend, recapture, retake, seize |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: catch |
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Related Words: hit |
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(verb) overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish" |
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Related Words: destroy, ruin |
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(verb) evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's 'Requiem' gets me every time" |
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Related Words: stir, touch |
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(verb) irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" |
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Related Words: annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
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(verb) reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving" |
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Related Words: catch |
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(verb) receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" |
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Synonyms: receive |
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(verb) purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?" |
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Related Words: buy, purchase |
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(verb) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "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" |
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Synonyms: acquire |
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Related Words: accept, benefit, borrow, bring in, buy, call for, capture, catch, charter, clear, collect, come by, come into, come up, come upon, earn, engage, enter upon, express, extract, find, gain, garner, gather up, get, get back, get hold, glom, have, hire, inherit, isolate, lease, line up, luck into, make, obtain, partake, partake in, pick up, poll, preempt, press out, profit, pull in, purchase, realize, receive, reclaim, recoup, recover, regain, rent, repossess, retrieve, share, take, take in, win, win back |
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(verb) acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?" |
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Related Words: acquire, get |
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(verb) make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" |
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Synonyms: beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, mother, sire |
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Related Words: create, make |
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(verb) give certain properties to something; "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 famous physicist"; "Make yourself clear" |
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Synonyms: make |
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Related Words: alter, change, get, have, leave, let, render |
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(verb) 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!" |
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Synonyms: begin, commence, set about, set out, start, start out |
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Related Words: attack, auspicate, bestir oneself, break in, come on, embark, enter, fall, get cracking, get going, get moving, get rolling, get started, get to, get weaving, jump off, launch, plunge |
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(verb) receive a specified treatment (abstract); "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" |
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Synonyms: find, incur, obtain, receive |
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Related Words: change, take |
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(verb) grasp with the mind; "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" |
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Synonyms: catch |
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Related Words: understand |
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(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!" |
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Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, stupify, trounce |
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Related Words: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, elude, escape, fox, fuddle, mix up, riddle, stagger, stump, throw |
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(verb) move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" |
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Synonyms: aim, drive |
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Related Words: intend, mean |
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(verb) bring or fetch; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring over the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" |
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Synonyms: bring, convey, fetch |
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Related Words: channel, channelize, deliver, retrieve, transfer, transmit, transport |
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(verb) in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls" |
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Synonyms: draw |
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Related Words: bring about, effect, effectuate, set up |
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(verb) apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs" |
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Synonyms: catch |
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Related Words: reproduce |
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(verb) reach a destination; arrive by movement or by making progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "He got into college"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" |
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Synonyms: arrive, come |
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Related Words: attain, bring down, come, come in, draw in, drive in, flood in, get in, hit, land, move in, plump in, pull in, put down, reach, set ashore, set down, shore |
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(verb) suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!" |
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Synonyms: catch |
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Related Words: ache, hurt, suffer |
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(verb) perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" |
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Synonyms: catch |
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Related Words: hear |
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(verb) achieve a point or goal, as in a sport; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" |
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Synonyms: have, make |
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Related Words: hit, rack up, score, tally |
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(verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" |
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Synonyms: contract, take |
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Related Words: catch, come down, sicken |
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(verb) enter or assume a certain state or condition; "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!" |
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Synonyms: become, go |
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Related Words: break, change state, come, develop into, grow into, run, settle, sober, sober up, take, take effect, turn |
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(verb) take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!" "That'll fix him good!" "This time I got him" |
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Synonyms: fix, pay back, pay off |
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Related Words: get back, get even |
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(verb) attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" |
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Synonyms: arrest, catch |
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Related Words: attract, draw in, pull, pull in |
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(verb) leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!" |
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Synonyms: bugger off, buzz off, scram |
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Related Words: go away, go forth, leave |
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(verb) get to or be allowed to do something; "May I go to the movies tonight?" "Can I have some ice cream?" "We got to play video games all day long" |
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Synonyms: can, may |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: have, suffer, sustain |
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Related Words: break up, collapse, crack, crack up, crock up, experience, get, have, receive, undergo |
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(verb) come to have, of physical features and attributes; "He grew a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body" |
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Synonyms: acquire, develop, grow, produce |
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Related Words: change, cut, feather, fledge, get up, leaf, pod, pupate, spring, sprout, stool, teeth, teethe, tiller, work up |
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(verb) of mental or bodily states or experiences: "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" |
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Synonyms: experience, have, receive, undergo |
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Related Words: get, have, suffer, sustain, take |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: cause, have, induce, make, stimulate |
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Related Words: bring, compel, decide, encourage, inspire, instigate, lead, let, obligate, oblige, persuade, prompt |
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