get

Noun

• a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

Verb

• make children
  • Abraham begot Isaac
    
  • Men often father children but don't recognize them
    

• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
  • She suffered a fracture in the accident
    
  • He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars
    
  • She got a bruise on her leg
    
  • He got his arm broken in the scuffle
    

• 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
    

• be a mystery or bewildering to
  • This beats me!
    
  • Got me--I don't know the answer!
    
  • a vexing problem
    
  • This question really stuck me
    

• overcome or destroy
  • The ice storm got my hibiscus
    
  • the cat got the goldfish
    

• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
  • He drew a base on balls
    

• apprehend and reproduce accurately
  • She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings
    
  • She got the mood just right in her photographs
    

• evoke an emotional response
  • Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time
    

• irritate
  • Her childish behavior really get to me
    
  • His lying really gets me
    

• reach and board
  • She got the bus just as it was leaving
    

• leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
  • Scram!
    

• receive as a retribution or punishment
  • He got 5 years in prison
    

• suffer from the receipt of
  • She will catch hell for this behavior!
    

• perceive by hearing
  • I didn't catch your name
    
  • She didn't get his name when they met the first time
    

• purchase
  • What did you get at the toy store?
    

• acquire as a result of some effort or action
  • You cannot get water out of a stone
    
  • Where did she get these news?
    

• reach by calculation
  • What do you get when you add up these numbers?
    

• reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
  • the rock caught her in the back of the head
    
  • The blow got him in the back
    
  • The punch caught him in the stomach
    

• attract and fix
  • His look caught her
    
  • She caught his eye
    
  • Catch the attention of the waiter
    

• grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
  • did you catch that allusion?
    
  • We caught something of his theory in the lecture
    
  • don't catch your meaning
    
  • did you get it?
    
  • She didn't get the joke
    
  • I just don't get him
    

• move into a desired direction of discourse
  • What are you driving at?
    

• give certain properties to something
  • get someone mad
    
  • She made us look silly
    
  • He made a fool of himself at the meeting
    
  • Don't make this into a big deal
    
  • This invention will make you a millionaire
    
  • Make yourself clear
    

• communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
  • Bill called this number and he got Mary
    
  • The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake
    

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
  • He got AIDS
    
  • She came down with pneumonia
    
  • She took a chill
    

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
  • He grew a beard
    
  • The patient developed abdominal pains
    
  • I got funny spots all over my body
    
  • Well-developed breasts
    

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
  • We finally got the suspect
    
  • Did you catch the thief?
    

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
  • The ads induced me to buy a VCR
    
  • My children finally got me to buy a computer
    
  • My wife made me buy a new sofa
    

• achieve a point or goal
  • Nicklaus had a 70
    
  • The Brazilian team got 4 goals
    
  • She made 29 points that day
    

• take vengeance on or get even
  • We'll get them!
    
  • That'll fix him good!
    
  • This time I got him
    

• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
  • get an idea
    
  • experience vertigo
    
  • get nauseous
    
  • receive injuries
    
  • have a feeling
    

• go or come after and bring or take back
  • Get me those books over there, please
    
  • Could you bring the wine?
    
  • The dog fetched the hat
    

• reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
  • She arrived home at 7 o'clock
    
  • She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight
    

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)
  • These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
    
  • His movie received a good review
    
  • I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
    

• cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
  • He got his squad on the ball
    
  • This let me in for a big surprise
    
  • He got a girl into trouble
    

• enter or assume a certain state or condition
  • He became annoyed when he heard the bad news
    
  • It must be getting more serious
    
  • her face went red with anger
    
  • She went into ecstasy
    
  • Get going!
    

• come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
  • She got a lot of paintings from her uncle
    
  • They acquired a new pet
    
  • Get your results the next day
    
  • Get permission to take a few days off from work
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  beget , engender , father , mother , sire , generate , bring forth , suffer , sustain , have , get down , begin , start out , start , set about , set out , commence , perplex , vex , stick , puzzle , mystify , baffle , beat , pose , bewilder , draw , catch , get under one's skin , scram , buzz off , fuck off , bugger
• Antonyms: 
  end , terminate , take away , bear off , bear away , carry away , carry off , leave , go forth , go away