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1get — /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… …
2get — ► VERB (getting; past got; past part. got, N. Amer. or archaic gotten) 1) come to have or hold; receive. 2) succeed in attaining, achieving, or experiencing; obtain. 3) experience, suffer, or be afflicted with. 4) move in order to pic …
3Get Over You / Move This Mountain (song) — Get Over You / Move This Mountain Single by Sophie Ellis Bextor from the album Read My Lips …
4get up (or pick up) steam — 1》 generate enough pressure to drive a steam engine. 2》 (of an activity, project, etc.) gradually gain impetus. → steam …
5get up steam — ► get up steam 1) generate enough pressure to drive a steam engine. 2) gradually gain impetus. Main Entry: ↑steam …
6get worked up — ► get worked up gradually come into a state of intense excitement, anger, or anxiety. Main Entry: ↑work …
7get worked up — gradually bring someone, especially oneself, to a state of intense excitement, anger, or anxiety. → work …
8get to — verb 1. reach a goal, e.g., make the first team (Freq. 4) We made it! She may not make the grade • Syn: ↑reach, ↑make, ↑progress to • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
9get to - grow to — You use get to or grow to in front of another verb to say that someone gradually acquires a particular attitude. Grow to is more formal than get to. I got to like the whole idea. I grew to dislike working for the cinema …
10get — I [[t]ge̱t[/t]] CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING ♦ gets, getting, got, gotten (past tense & past participle) (In most of its uses get is a fairly informal word. Gotten is an American form of the past tense and past participle.) 1) V LINK… …
