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get downverb
lower (one’s body) as by kneeling
«Get down on your knees!»
Synonyms:
unhorse, depress, bring down, dismay, swallow, let down, dismount, take down, start out, dispirit, commence, put down, get off, start, deject, get, demoralise, set about, begin, light, set down, set out, demoralize, cast down, lower, write down -
lower, take down, let down, get down, bring downverb
move something or somebody to a lower position
«take down the vase from the shelf»
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commence, land, swallow, write down, bring down, get off, tear down, get, raze, impose, trim down, disgrace, lower, demoralise, take down, dismount, dismantle, cut, demoralize, demean, trim back, trim, overthrow, turn down, pull down, cut down, disappoint, glower, reduce, degrade, set about, lour, subvert, overturn, visit, level, frown, start, put down, begin, inflict, let down, cast down, start out, dispirit, depress, cut back, deject, dismay, light, set down, rase, unhorse, note, set out -
unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get downverb
alight from (a horse)
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trip out, swallow, write down, get, bring down, get off, trip, mail, send off, lower, demoralise, commence, dismount, illuminate, light up, demoralize, illume, fire up, dispirit, hop out, get out, fall, alight, set about, take down, set down, turn on, start, put down, begin, escape, perch, ignite, let down, cast down, start out, depress, send, illumine, get by, deject, dismay, light, unhorse, get away, set out -
swallow, get downverb
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
«Swallow the raw fish—it won’t kill you!»
Synonyms:
start, write down, eat up, bring down, get off, get, lower, demoralise, commence, dispirit, demoralize, take back, deject, swallow, swallow up, unsay, take down, set down, dismount, bury, put down, begin, accept, let down, cast down, start out, depress, live with, withdraw, immerse, dismay, light, set about, unhorse, set out -
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoraliseverb
lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted
«These news depressed her»; «The bad state of her child’s health demoralizes her»
Synonyms:
start, write down, unhorse, bring down, set about, get, begin, get off, deprave, lower, demoralise, commence, misdirect, dispirit, debase, dismay, demoralize, profane, appal, swallow, horrify, alarm, subvert, vitiate, take down, set down, dismount, put down, press down, let down, cast down, debauch, appall, depress, deject, pervert, start out, light, corrupt, set out -
write down, set down, get down, put downverb
put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
Synonyms:
unload, land, swallow, write down, repose, bring down, get off, get, cast down, debark, drop off, disgrace, destroy, lower, demoralise, commence, dismount, place down, demoralize, write off, demean, record, lay, degrade, let down, expense, take down, set down, start, put down, begin, drop, enter, discharge, start out, dispirit, depress, deject, dismay, light, set about, unhorse, set out, disembark -
get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commenceverb
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»
Synonyms:
bug out, take, pop, make, mystify, experience, develop, put down, draw, array, have, become, sustain, protrude, jump, initiate, receive, scram, take off, bulge, go, stimulate, sire, lead off, bulge out, drive, engender, startle, fix, pay back, get under one’s skin, stick, suffer, beat, swallow, set about, father, go about, incur, contract, dispirit, bring forth, grow, get going, come out, dumbfound, stupefy, start, depress, light, cast down, originate, take up, bring, bewilder, mother, induce, range, buzz off, catch, write down, bugger off, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, deject, generate, capture, find, amaze, get off, baffle, produce, approach, pop out, attempt, start out, pose, vex, embark on, aim, let, set forth, perplex, arrest, gravel, begin, let down, fetch, depart, set down, commence, part, dismount, arrive, set out, convey, set off, acquire, come, lower, bring down, dismay, pay off, undertake, unhorse, demoralise, cause, lay out, start up, demoralize, take down, nonplus
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Donald Trump:
To prevent the omnibus situation from ever happening again, I’m calling on Congress to give me a line item veto for all government spending bills and the Senate must end — they must end — the filibuster rule and get down to work.
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Kevin Klein:
Maybe earlier in the year, you get a bounce like that and you get down on yourself, i thought the resilience our team showed, not to let up, we just turned to each other and said, ‘Just keep going.’.
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Said Lynch via 620 KCRM:
It’s been difficult. a lot of the pre-snap stuff has been a big adjustment for me, but really when you break it all down and get down to the core of it, it’s really football, it’s the same, just different terminology and things like that concept-wise and footwork-wise. All of the motion is very different to me, but before I got here, me and coach (Jason) Maas spent three and a half hours a day making sure I was ready.
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Taylor Heinicke:
I thought I played pretty well. I thought we moved the ball really well, it’s just the same story as last week. We get down the red zone area and for some reason we stall out.
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Joe Biden:
So gas is up and food is up, which we’re going to get down come hell or high water, inflation — it’s sapping the strength of a lot of families.
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alight, begin, bring down, cast down, come down, en.synonym.one, commence, deject, demoralise, demoralize, demount, deplane, depress, descend, disembark, dismay, dismount, dispirit, get, get off, land, let down, light, lower, put down, set about, en.synonym.one, set down, set out, start, start out, swallow, take down, unhorse, write down.
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- climb down
- come down
- descend
- lower
- step down
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WORDS RELATED TO GET DOWN
- Charleston
- boogie
- boogie down
- bunny hop
- conga
- cut a rug
- disco
- foot it
- foxtrot
- frolic
- get down
- hop
- hustle
- jig
- jitter
- jitterbug
- jive
- jump
- leap
- one-step
- promenade
- rhumba
- rock n’ roll
- samba
- spin
- step
- swing
- tango
- tap
- trip the light fantastic
- twist
- two-step
- waltz
- Charlestons
- bobs
- boogie downs
- boogies
- bunny hops
- capers
- careens
- cavorts
- congas
- cut a rugs
- discos
- flits
- foot its
- foxtrots
- frolics
- gambols
- get downs
- hoof its
- hops
- hustles
- jigs
- jitterbugs
- jitters
- jive
- jumps
- leaps
- one-steps
- prances
- promenades
- rhumbas
- rock n’ rolls
- rocks
- sambas
- shimmies
- skips
- spins
- steps
- struts
- sway
- swings
- tangos
- taps
- treads
- trip the light fantastics
- trips
- twists
- two-steps
- waltzes
- whirls
- cascade
- cataract
- cave in
- coast
- collapse
- crash
- crouch
- decline
- deplane
- detrain
- dip
- disembark
- dismount
- dive
- dribble
- drop
- fall
- fall prostrate
- get down
- get off
- go down
- gravitate
- ground
- incline
- light
- lose balance
- penetrate
- pitch
- plop
- plummet
- plunge
- prolapse
- set
- settle
- sink
- slant
- slide
- slip
- slope
- slough off
- slump
- stoop
- stumble
- submerge
- subside
- swoop
- toboggan
- topple
- trickle
- trip
- tumble
- weep
- abased oneself
- conceded
- degenerated
- deteriorated
- humble oneself
- lower oneself
- patronized
- stooped
- cast down
- chill
- crush
- damp
- dampen
- dash
- daunt
- deject
- demoralize
- deter
- discourage
- disincline
- dismay
- disparage
- dispirit
- get down
- humble
- humiliate
- indispose
- put a damper on
- put down
- shake
- throw a pall over
- alight
- debark
- deplane
- descend
- detrain
- disembark
- get down
- light
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down
adj
1 blue, dejected, depressed, disheartened, dismal, downcast, down in the dumps (informal) low, miserable, sad, sick as a parrot (informal) unhappy
vb
2 bring down, deck (slang) fell, floor, knock down, overthrow, prostrate, subdue, tackle, throw, trip
3 (informal) drain, drink (down), gulp, put away, swallow, toss off
n
4 decline, descent, drop, dropping, fall, falling, reverse
5 have a down on (informal) be antagonistic or hostile to, be anti (informal) bear a grudge towards, be contra (informal) be prejudiced against, be set against, feel ill will towards, have it in for (slang)
6 down with away with, get rid of, kick out (informal) oust, push out
back down
accede, admit defeat, back-pedal, concede, give in, surrender, withdraw, yield
bear down
1 burden, compress, encumber, press down, push, strain, weigh down
2 advance on, approach, attack, close in, converge on, move in
bed down
hit the hay (slang) lie, retire, settle down, sleep, turn in (informal)
bog down
delay, halt, impede, sink, slow down, slow up, stall, stick
boil down
come down, condense, decrease, reduce, summarize
break down
be overcome, collapse, come unstuck, conk out (informal) crack up (informal) fail, fall apart at the seams, give way, go kaput (informal) go phut, go to pieces, seize up, stop, stop working
bring down
abase, cut down, drop, fell, floor, lay low, level, lower, overthrow, overturn, pull down, reduce, shoot down, undermine, upset
broken-down
collapsed, dilapidated, in disrepair, inoperative, kaput (informal) not functioning, not in working order, old, on the blink (slang) on the fritz (U.S. slang) out of commission, out of order, worn out
buckle down
apply oneself, exert oneself, launch into, pitch in, put one’s shoulder to the wheel, set to
cast down
deject, depress, desolate, discourage, dishearten, dispirit
climb down
2 back down, eat crow (U.S. informal) eat one’s words, retract, retreat
come down
1 decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, fall, go downhill, go to pot (informal) reduce, worsen
2 choose, decide, favour, recommend
come down on
bawl out (informal) blast, carpet (informal) chew out (U.S. & Canad. informal) criticize, dress down (informal) give (someone) a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. informal) jump on (informal) lambast(e), put down, rap over the knuckles, read the riot act, rebuke, reprimand, tear into (informal) tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. informal)
come down to
amount to, boil down to, end up as, result in
come down with
ail, be stricken with, catch, contract, fall ill, fall victim to, get, sicken, take, take sick
cry down
asperse, bad-mouth (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) belittle, decry, denigrate, disparage, knock (informal) rubbish (informal) run down, slag (off) (slang)
cut down
1 fell, hew, level, lop, raze
2 (sometimes with)
on decrease, lessen, lower, reduce
3 blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.) dispatch, kill, massacre, mow down, slaughter, slay (archaic) take out (slang)
4 cut (someone) down to size abash, humiliate, make (someone) look small, take the wind out of (someone’s) sails
down and out
1
adj derelict, destitute, dirt-poor (informal) flat broke (informal) impoverished, on one’s uppers (informal) penniless, ruined, short, without two pennies to rub together (informal)
2 down-and-out
n bag lady (chiefly U.S.) beggar, bum (informal) derelict, dosser (Brit. slang) loser, outcast, pauper, tramp, vagabond, vagrant
down-market
bush-league (Austral. & N.Z. informal) cheap, cheap and nasty (informal) inferior, lowbrow, low-grade, low-quality, second-rate, shoddy, tacky (informal) tawdry, two-bit (U.S. & Canad. slang)
Antonyms
elite, exclusive, first-rate, highbrow, high-class, high-quality, posh (informal, chiefly Brit.) superior, top-quality, up-market
down-to-earth
common-sense, hard-headed, matter-of-fact, mundane, no-nonsense, plain-spoken, practical, realistic, sane, sensible, unsentimental
dress down
bawl out (informal) berate, carpet (informal) castigate, chew out (U.S. & Canad. informal) give a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. informal) haul over the coals, rap over the knuckles, read the riot act, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, scold, slap on the wrist, tear into (informal) tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. informal) tell off (informal) upbraid
fall down
disappoint, fail, fail to make the grade, fall short, go wrong, prove unsuccessful
fight down
bottle up, control, curb, hold back, repress, restrain, suppress
get down
1 alight, bring down, climb down, descend, disembark, dismount, get off, lower, step down
2 bring down, depress, dishearten, dispirit
go down
1 be beaten, collapse, decline, decrease, drop, fall, founder, go under, lose, set, sink, submerge, submit, suffer defeat
2 be commemorated, be recalled, be recorded, be remembered
hand down , on
bequeath, give, grant, pass on or down, transfer, will
hand-me-down
adj cast-off, handed down, inherited, passed on, reach-me-down (informal) second-hand, used, worn
knock down
batter, clout (informal) deck (slang) demolish, destroy, fell, floor, level, pound, raze, smash, wallop (informal) wreck
lay down
1 discard, drop, give, give up, relinquish, surrender, yield
2 affirm, assume, establish, formulate, ordain, postulate, prescribe, stipulate
let down
disappoint, disenchant, disillusion, dissatisfy, fail, fall short, leave in the lurch, leave stranded
look down on , upon
contemn, despise, disdain, hold in contempt, look down one’s nose at (informal) misprize, scorn, sneer, spurn, treat with contempt, turn one’s nose up (at) (informal)
low-down
base, cheap (informal) contemptible, despicable, low, mean, nasty, reprehensible, scurvy, ugly, underhand
mow down
blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.) butcher, cut down, cut to pieces, massacre, shoot down, slaughter
pin down
1 compel, constrain, force, make, press, pressurize
2 designate, determine, home in on, identify, locate, name, pinpoint, specify
3 bind, confine, constrain, fix, hold, hold down, immobilize, nail down, tie down
pipe down
belt up (slang) be quiet, button it (slang) button one’s lip (slang) hold one’s tongue, hush, put a sock in it (Brit. slang) quieten down, shush, shut one’s mouth, shut up (informal) silence
play down
gloss over, make light of, make little of, minimize, set no store by, soft-pedal (informal) underplay, underrate
pull down
bulldoze, demolish, destroy, raze, remove
Antonyms
build, construct, erect, put up, raise, set up
put-down
barb, dig, disparagement, gibe, humiliation, kick in the teeth (slang) knock (informal) one in the eye (informal) rebuff, sarcasm, slight, sneer, snub
put down
1 enter, inscribe, log, record, set down, take down, transcribe, write down
2 crush, quash, quell, repress, silence, stamp out, suppress
3 (with)
to ascribe, attribute, impute, set down
4 destroy, do away with, put away, put out of its misery, put to sleep
5 (slang) condemn, crush, deflate, dismiss, disparage, humiliate, mortify, reject, shame, slight, snub
run-down
1 below par, debilitated, drained, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, out of condition, peaky, tired, under the weather (informal) unhealthy, weak, weary, worn-out
2 broken-down, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, ramshackle, seedy, shabby, tumbledown, worn-out
Antonyms
1 fighting fit, fine, fit, fit as a fiddle, full of beans (informal) healthy, well
run down
1 curtail, cut, cut back, decrease, downsize, drop, pare down, reduce, trim
2 debilitate, exhaust, sap the strength of, tire, undermine the health of, weaken
3 asperse, bad-mouth (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) belittle, criticize adversely, decry, defame, denigrate, disparage, knock (informal) put down, revile, rubbish (informal) slag (off) (slang) speak ill of, vilify
4 hit, knock down, knock over, run into, run over, strike
shout down
drown, drown out, overwhelm, silence
shut down
cease, cease operating, close, discontinue, halt, shut up, stop, switch off
simmer down
calm down, collect oneself, contain oneself, control oneself, cool off or down, get down off one’s high horse (informal) grow quieter, unwind (informal)
slap down
bring to heel, put (someone) in his place, rebuke, reprimand, restrain, squash
step down
abdicate, bow out, give up, hand over, leave, pull out, quit, resign, retire
strike down
afflict, bring low, deal a deathblow to, destroy, kill, ruin, slay, smite
take down
1 make a note of, minute, note, put on record, record, set down, transcribe, write down
2 depress, drop, haul down, let down, lower, pull down, remove, take off
3 demolish, disassemble, dismantle, level, raze, take apart, take to pieces, tear down
4 deflate, humble, humiliate, mortify, put down (slang)
tone down
dampen, dim, mitigate, moderate, modulate, play down, reduce, restrain, soften, soft-pedal (informal) subdue, temper
track down
apprehend, bring to light, capture, catch, dig up, discover, expose, ferret out, find, hunt down, run to earth or ground, sniff out, trace, unearth
turn down
1 diminish, lessen, lower, muffle, mute, quieten, reduce the volume of, soften
2 abstain from, decline, rebuff, refuse, reject, repudiate, say no to, spurn, throw out
Antonyms
1 amplify, augment, boost, increase, raise, strengthen, swell, turn up
2 accede, accept, acquiesce, agree, receive, take
upside down
1 bottom up, inverted, on its head, overturned, upturned, wrong side up
2 (informal) chaotic, confused, disordered, higgledy-piggledy (informal) in chaos, in confusion, in disarray, in disorder, jumbled, muddled, topsy-turvy
water down
1 add water to, adulterate, dilute, put water in, thin, water, weaken
2 adulterate, mitigate, qualify, soften, tone down, weaken
Antonyms
1 fortify, purify, strengthen, thicken
wear down
1 abrade, be consumed, consume, corrode, erode, grind down, rub away
2 chip away at (informal) fight a war of attrition against, overcome gradually, reduce, undermine
weigh down
bear down, burden, depress, get down, oppress, overburden, overload, press down, trouble, weigh upon, worry
Antonyms
alleviate, ease, hearten, help, lift, lighten, refresh, relieve, unburden
wind down
cool off, decline, diminish, dwindle, lessen, reduce, relax, slacken, subside, taper off, unwind
Antonyms
accelerate, amplify, escalate, expand, heat up, increase, intensify, magnify, step up
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
get
[3] ( gets 3rd person present) ( getting present participle) ( got past tense & past participle) ( gotten past tense & past participle ) (PHRASES AND PHRASAL VERBS)
1 You can say that something is, for example, as good as you can get to mean that it is as good as it is possible for that thing to be.
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as good/small as you can get (it) phrase v-link PHR, PHR after v
Consort has a population of 714 and is about as rural and isolated as you can get.
2 If you say you can’t get away from something or there is no getting away from something, you are emphasizing that it is true, even though people might prefer it not to be true.
INFORMAL
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you can’t get/there’s no getting away from phrase PHR n (emphasis)
There is no getting away from the fact that he is on the left of the party.
3 If you get away from it all, you have a holiday in a place that is very different from where you normally live and work.
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get away from it all phrase V inflects
…the ravishing island of Ischia, where rich Italians get away from it all.
4 Get is used in rude expressions like get stuffed and get lost to express contempt, disagreement, or refusal to do something.
RUDE
♦
get lost/knotted/stuffed etc convention
(feelings)
5 You can say, for example, `How lucky can you get?’ or `How stupid can you get?’ to show your surprise that anyone could be as lucky or stupid as the person that you are talking about.
INFORMAL
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how stupid/lucky can you get phrase
(feelings)
I mean, how crazy can you get?
6 You can use you get instead of `there is’ or `there are’ to say that something exists, happens, or can be experienced.
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you get phrase PHR n
You get a lot of things like that now don’t you…, That’s where you get some differences of opinion. get about
1 phrasal verb If you get about, you go to different places and visit different people.
So you’re getting about a bit again? Not shutting yourself away? V P
2 phrasal verb The way that someone gets about is the way that they walk or go from one place to another.
She was finding it increasingly difficult to get about. V P
3 phrasal verb If news gets about, it becomes well known as a result of being told to lots of people.
(mainly BRIT)
(=get around)
The story had soon got about that he had been suspended. V P get across phrasal verb When an idea gets across or when you get it across, you succeed in making other people understand it.
(=get over)
Officers felt their point of view was not getting across to ministers… V P to n
I had created a way to get my message across while using as few words as possible. V n P get ahead phrasal verb If you want to get ahead, you want to be successful in your career.
(=get on)
He wanted safety, security, a home, and a chance to get ahead. V P get along
1 phrasal verb If you get along with someone, you have a friendly relationship with them. You can also say that two people get along.
(=get on)
It’s impossible to get along with him… V P with n
They seemed to be getting along fine. pl-n V P
2 phrasal verb Get along means the same as get by.
(=manage, survive)
You can’t get along without water… V P prep get around
in BRIT, also use get round
1 phrasal verb To get around a problem or difficulty means to overcome it.
(=get over)
None of these countries has found a way yet to get around the problem of the polarization of wealth. V P n
2 phrasal verb If you get around a rule or law, you find a way of doing something that the rule or law is intended to prevent, without actually breaking it.
Although tobacco ads are prohibited, companies get around the ban by sponsoring music shows. V P n
3 phrasal verb If news gets around, it becomes well known as a result of being told to lots of people.
(=get about)
They threw him out because word got around that he was taking drugs… V P that
I’ll see that it gets round that you’ve arrived. it V P that
4 phrasal verb If you get around someone, you persuade them to allow you to do or have something by pleasing them or flattering them.
Max could always get round her. V P n
5 phrasal verb If you get around, you visit a lot of different places as part of your way of life.
He claimed to be a journalist, and he got around. V P get around to phrasal verb
in BRIT, also use get round to When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
I said I would write to you, but as usual I never got around to it… V P P n/-ing get at
1 phrasal verb To get at something means to succeed in reaching it.
A goat was standing up against a tree on its hind legs, trying to get at the leaves. V P n
2 phrasal verb If you get at the truth about something, you succeed in discovering it.
(=find out)
We want to get at the truth. Who killed him? And why? V P n
3 phrasal verb If you ask someone what they are getting at, you are asking them to explain what they mean, usually because you think that they are being unpleasant or are suggesting something that is untrue.
usu cont
`What are you getting at now?’ demanded Rick. V P get away
1 phrasal verb If you get away, you succeed in leaving a place or a person’s company.
(=escape)
She’d gladly have gone anywhere to get away from the cottage… V P from n
I wanted a divorce. I wanted to get away. V P
2 phrasal verb If you get away, you go away for a period of time in order to have a holiday.
He is too busy to get away. V P
3 phrasal verb When someone or something gets away, or when you get them away, they escape.
Dr Dunn was apparently trying to get away when he was shot… V P
I wanted to get her away to somewhere safe. V n P get away with phrasal verb If you get away with doing something wrong or risky, you do not suffer any punishment or other bad consequences because of it.
The criminals know how to play the system and get away with it… V P P n/-ing get back
1 phrasal verb If someone or something gets backto a state they were in before, they are then in that state again.
Then life started to get back to normal… V P to n
I couldn’t get back to sleep. V P to n, Also V P into n
2 phrasal verb If you get backto a subject that you were talking about before, you start talking about it again.
(=return)
It wasn’t until we had sat down to eat that we got back to the subject of Tom Halliday. V P to/onto n
3 phrasal verb If you get something back after you have lost it or after it has been taken from you, you then have it again.
You have 14 days in which you can cancel the contract and get your money back. V n P
4 phrasal verb If you get back at someone or get them back, you do something unpleasant to them in order to have revenge for something unpleasant that they did to you.
INFORMAL The divorce process should not be used as a means to get back at your former partner… V P at n
I’m going to get you back so badly you’ll never to be able to show your face again. V n P get back to phrasal verb If you get back to an activity, you start doing it again after you have stopped doing it.
I think I ought to get back to work. V P P n get by phrasal verb If you can get by with what you have, you can manage to live or do things in a satisfactory way.
(=survive, manage)
I’m a survivor. I’ll get by… V P
Melville managed to get by on a small amount of money. V P on n get down
1 phrasal verb If something gets you down, it makes you unhappy.
At times when my work gets me down, I like to fantasize about being a farmer. V n P
2 phrasal verb If you get down , you lower your body until you are sitting, kneeling, or lying on the ground.
She got down on her hands and knees on the floor… V P on n
`Get down!’ she yelled. `Somebody’s shooting!’ V P
3 phrasal verb If you get something down, especially something that someone has just said, you write it down.
The idea has been going around in my head for quite a while and now I am getting it down on paper. V n P, Also V P n (not pron)
4 phrasal verb If you get food or medicine down, you swallow it, especially with difficulty.
INFORMAL I bit into a hefty slab of bread and cheese. When I had got it down I started talking. V n P, Also V P n (not pron) get down to phrasal verb If you get down to something, especially something that requires a lot of attention, you begin doing it.
With the election out of the way, the government can get down to business. V P P n get in
1 phrasal verb If a political party or a politician gets in, they are elected.
If the Conservatives got in they might decide to change it. V P
2 phrasal verb If you get something in, you manage to do it at a time when you are very busy doing other things.
I plan to get a few lessons in. V n P
3 phrasal verb To get crops or the harvest in means to gather them from the land and take them to a particular place.
We didn’t get the harvest in until Christmas, there was so much snow. V n P
4 phrasal verb When a train, bus, or plane gets in, it arrives.
We would have come straight here, except our flight got in too late. V P get into
1 phrasal verb If you get into a particular kind of work or activity, you manage to become involved in it.
He was eager to get into politics. V P n
2 phrasal verb If you get into a school, college, or university, you are accepted there as a student.
I was working hard to get into Cambridge. V P n
3 phrasal verb If you ask what has got into someone, you mean that they are behaving very differently from the way they usually behave.
INFORMAL What has got into you today? Why are you behaving like this? V P n get off
1 phrasal verb If someone who has broken a law or rule gets off, they are not punished, or are given only a very small punishment.
He is likely to get off with a small fine. V P with n
2 phrasal verb If you get off, you leave a place because it is time to leave.
At eight I said `I’m getting off now.’ V P
3 phrasal verb If you tell someone to get off a piece of land or a property, you are telling them to leave, because they have no right to be there and you do not want them there.
I told you. Get off the farm. V P n
4 phrasal verb You can tell someone to get off when they are touching something and you do not want them to.
I kept telling him to get off… V P
`Get off me!’ I screamed. V P n get on
1 phrasal verb If you get onwith someone, you like them and have a friendly relationship with them.
(=get along)
The host fears the guests won’t get on… pl-n V P
What are your neighbours like? Do you get on with them? V P with n
2 phrasal verb If you get onwith something, you continue doing it or start doing it.
Jane got on with her work… V P with n
Let’s get on. V P
3 phrasal verb If you say how someone is getting on, you are saying how much success they are having with what they are trying to do.
Livy’s getting on very well in Russian. She learns very quickly… V P adv
When he came back to see me I asked how he had got on. V P adv
4 phrasal verb If you try to get on, you try to be successful in your career.
(mainly BRIT)
Politics is seen as a man’s world. It is very difficult for women to get on. V P
5 phrasal verb If someone is getting on, they are getting old.
INFORMAL usu cont
I’m nearly 31 and that’s getting on a bit for a footballer. V P get on to
1 phrasal verb If you get on to a topic when you are speaking, you start talking about it.
We got on to the subject of relationships. V P P n
2 phrasal verb If you get on to someone, you contact them in order to ask them to do something or to give them some information.
(mainly BRIT)
I got on to him and explained some of the things I had been thinking of. V P P n get out
1 phrasal verb If you get out, you leave a place because you want to escape from it, or because you are made to leave it.
They probably wanted to get out of the country… V P of n
I told him to leave and get out. V P
2 phrasal verb If you get out, you go to places and meet people, usually in order to have a more enjoyable life.
(=go out)
Get out and enjoy yourself, make new friends. V P
3 phrasal verb If you get outof an organization or a commitment, you withdraw from it.
I wanted to get out of the group, but they wouldn’t let me… V P of n
Getting out of the contract would be no problem. V P of n, Also V P
4 phrasal verb If news or information gets out, it becomes known.
If word got out now, a scandal could be disastrous… V P
Once the news gets out that Armenia is in a very critical situation, I think the world will respond. V P that get out of phrasal verb If you get out of doing something that you do not want to do, you succeed in avoiding doing it.
It’s amazing what people will do to get out of paying taxes. V P P -ing/n get over
1 phrasal verb If you get over an unpleasant or unhappy experience or an illness, you recover from it.
It took me a very long time to get over the shock of her death. V P n
2 phrasal verb If you get over a problem or difficulty, you overcome it.
(=get around)
How would they get over that problem, he wondered? V P n
3 phrasal verb If you get your message overto people, they hear and understand it.
(=get across)
We have got to get the message over to the young that smoking isn’t cool. V n P to n get over with phrasal verb If you want to get something unpleasant over with, you want to do it or finish experiencing it quickly, since you cannot avoid it.
The sooner we start, the sooner we’ll get it over with. V n P P get round
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get around get round to
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get around to get through
1 phrasal verb If you get through a task or an amount of work, especially when it is difficult, you complete it.
I think you can get through the first two chapters. V P n
2 phrasal verb If you get through a difficult or unpleasant period of time, you manage to live through it.
(=survive)
It is hard to see how people will get through the winter… V P n
3 phrasal verb If you get through a large amount of something, you use it.
(mainly BRIT)
You’ll get through at least ten nappies a day. V P n
4 phrasal verb If you get throughto someone, you succeed in making them understand something that you are trying to tell them.
An old friend might well be able to get through to her and help her… V P to n
The message was finally getting through to him. V P to n, Also V P
5 phrasal verb If you get throughto someone, you succeed in contacting them on the telephone.
Look, I can’t get through to this number… V P to n
I’ve been trying to ring up all day and I couldn’t get through. V P
6 phrasal verb If you get through an examination or get through, you pass it.
(mainly BRIT)
Did you have to get through an entrance examination? V P n, Also V P
7 phrasal verb If a law or proposal gets through, it is officially approved by something such as a parliament or committee.
(=go through)
…if his referendum law failed to get through… V P
Such a radical proposal would never get through parliament. V P n get together
1 phrasal verb When people get together, they meet in order to discuss something or to spend time together.
This is the only forum where East and West can get together. V P
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get-together
2 phrasal verb If you get something together, you organize it.
Paul and I were getting a band together, and we needed a new record deal. V n P
3 phrasal verb If you get an amount of money together, you succeed in getting all the money that you need in order to pay for something.
(=scrape together)
Now you’ve finally got enough money together to put down a deposit on your dream home. V n P get up
1 phrasal verb When someone who is sitting or lying down gets up, they rise to a standing position.
(=stand up)
I got up and walked over to where he was. V P
2 phrasal verb When you get up, you get out of bed.
They have to get up early in the morning. V P
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get-up get up to phrasal verb If you say that someone gets up to something, you mean that they do it and you do not approve of it.
(BRIT)
mainly SPOKEN, disapproval They get up to all sorts behind your back. V P P n
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