get into difficulties

  • 1get into trouble — get into danger; get into difficulties …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2get into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms get into : present tense I/you/we/they get into he/she/it gets into present participle getting into past tense got into past participle got into 1) get into something informal to start enjoying something, or… …

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  • 3into — /ˈɪntu / (say intooh), before consonants /ˈɪntə / (say intuh) preposition 1. in to; in and to (expressing motion or direction towards the inner part of a place or thing, and hence entrance or inclusion within limits, or change to new… …

  • 4difficulties —   He mau pilikia, hihia, kūpiliki i.   See trouble and saying alauā.    ♦ To beset with difficulties, ho ohei.    ♦ To get into difficulties, ho ohihia.   Poetic refer ences to rain and cliffs may signify difficulties …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 5get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 7get yourself into something — ˌget ˈinto sth | ˌget yourself/sb ˈinto sth derived to reach a particular state or condition; to make sb reach a particular state or condition • He got into trouble with the police while he was still at school. • Three people were rescued from a… …

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  • 8get somebody into something — ˌget ˈinto sth | ˌget yourself/sb ˈinto sth derived to reach a particular state or condition; to make sb reach a particular state or condition • He got into trouble with the police while he was still at school. • Three people were rescued from a… …

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  • 9get — [c]/gɛt / (say get) verb (got, got or, Chiefly US, gotten, Archaic, gat, getting) –verb (t) 1. to obtain, gain, or acquire by any means: to get favour by service; get a good price. 2. to fetch or bring: I w …

  • 10get — gettable, getable, adj. /get/, v., got or (Archaic) gat; got or gotten; getting, n. v.t. 1. to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension. 2. to cause to be in one s possession or succeed …

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