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  • 11get across — verb 1. communicate successfully (Freq. 1) I couldn t get across the message He put over the idea very well • Syn: ↑put over • Hypernyms: ↑communicate, ↑pass on, ↑pass …

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  • 12get — v. & n. v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into the possession of; receive or earn (get a job; got pound200 a week; got first prize). 2 tr. fetch, obtain, procure, purchase (get my book for me; got a new …

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  • 13get the message — (informal) UNDERSTAND, get the point, comprehend; informal catch on, latch on, get the picture. → message * * * get the message (slang) To understand • • • Main Entry: ↑message * * * get the message …

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  • 14get the message — informal what do I have to say to make you get the message? Syn: understand, get the point, comprehend; informal catch on, get the picture …

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  • 15get across — verb Date: 1913 intransitive verb to become clear or convincing transitive verb to make clear or convincing < we couldn t get our point across > …

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  • 16get — [ 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&#8230; …

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  • 17get — /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&#8230; …

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  • 18Point Place — is a fictional small suburban town in Wisconsin, somewhere near Kenosha, Wisconsin, [cite web|url=http://www.that70sshow.com/index faq.htm|title=That 70s Show FAQs] in which the television sitcom That 70s Show takes place. The characters speak&#8230; …

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  • 19get — [get; ] also, although it is considered nonstandard by some [, git] vt. GOT, gotten, getting: see usage note at GOTTEN got, got [ME geten &LT; ON geta, to get, beget, akin to OE gietan (see BEGET, FORGET), Ger gessen in vergessen, forget &LT; IE&#8230; …

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  • 20Get Your Number — Single par Mariah Carey extrait de l’album The Emancipation of Mimi Face B Shake It Off Sortie 3&#160;octobre&#160 …

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