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  • 1could not get elected dogcatcher — verb Is unpopular, particularly of politicians. [president Grover Cleveland is] so unpopular in Washington that he could not be elected dog catcher for the district …

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  • 2Could not get a kick if he hanged himself — useless football player …

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  • 3could not get a kick if he hanged himself — Australian Slang useless football player …

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  • 4get — v. 1) (B) ( to deliver ) I have to get a message to her 2) (C) ( to obtain ) she got a newspaper for me; or: she got me a newspaper 3) (d; intr., tr.) to get across ( to cross ); ( to cause to cross ) (to get across a bridge; the general finally… …

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  • 5Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film) — Infobox Film name = Get Rich or Die Tryin director = Jim Sheridan writer = Terence Winter starring = Curtis Jackson Terrence Howard Joy Bryant Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje Bill Duke Ashley Walters music = Gavin Friday Quincy Jones Maurice Seezer… …

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  • 6get through — v. 1) (B) ( to deliver ) (she finally got the message through to them) 2) (D; intr.) ( to reach ) to get through to (we could not get through to her) * * * [ get θruː] (D; intr.) ( to reach ) to get through to (we could not get through to her) …

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  • 7get over — {v.} 1. To finish. * /Tom worked fast to get his lesson over./ 2. To pass over. * /It was hard to get over the muddy road./ 3. To get well from; recover from. * /The man returned to work after he got over his illness./ 4. To accept or forget (a… …

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  • 8get over — {v.} 1. To finish. * /Tom worked fast to get his lesson over./ 2. To pass over. * /It was hard to get over the muddy road./ 3. To get well from; recover from. * /The man returned to work after he got over his illness./ 4. To accept or forget (a… …

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  • 9get\ over — v 1. To finish. Tom worked fast to get his lesson over. 2. To pass over. It was hard to get over the muddy road. 3. To get well from; recover from. The man returned to work after he got over his illness. 4. To accept or forget (a sorrow or… …

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  • 10get through to — {v.} To be understood by; make (someone) understand. * /The little boy could not get through to his housemother./ * /Deaf people sometimes find it hard to get through to strangers./ * /When the rich boy s father lost his money, it took a long… …

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