get

go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

“get an idea”

“experience vertigo”

“get nauseous”

“receive injuries”

take vengeance on or get even

“We'll get them!”

“That'll fix him good!”

“This time I got him”

achieve a point or goal

“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

“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”

“They get him to write the letter”

succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

“We finally got the suspect”

“Did you catch the thief?”

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

“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

“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

“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”

move into a desired direction of discourse

“What are you driving at?”

grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

“did you catch that allusion?”

“We caught something of his theory in the lecture”

“don't catch your meaning”

“did you get it?”

attract and fix

“His look caught her”

“She caught his eye”

“Catch the attention of the waiter”

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”

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

“I didn't catch your name”

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

suffer from the receipt of

“She will catch hell for this behavior!”

receive as a retribution or punishment

“He got 5 years in prison”

leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

“Scram!”

reach and board

“She got the bus just as it was leaving”

irritate

“Her childish behavior really gets to me”

“His lying really gets me”

evoke an emotional response

“Brahms's ‘Requiem’ gets me every time”

“The bad news will get him”

apprehend and reproduce accurately

“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

“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

“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

“We began working at dawn”

“Who will start?”

“Get working as soon as the sun rises!”

“The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia”

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”

make (offspring) by reproduction

“Abraham begot Isaac”

“John fathered four daughters”