Uses of Get As any English student knows one of the most frustrating things to learn are all the

various uses of 'get'. 'Get' is used as a verb by itself with various meanings. One of the most difficult areas of usage is how 'get' combines with prepositions for form phrasal verbs. Add to these problems the variations in colloquial usage and you have got ; ! a recipe for confusion" #elow is a list of the principal usage of 'get' as a man verb$ 'get' in idiomatic usage$ and 'get' in phrasal verb combinations. %opefully you will get it &i.e. understand the proper usage! after you have finished. GET alone Meaning 'o receive 'o earn 'o bring or fetch 'o understand 'o be affected by$ or catch 'o catch or take 'o communicate with 'o have a strong effect on 'o capture or sei2e Example ( got a book for my birthday. ( get )* an hour. +an you get that book for me, -o you get the lesson, %e got a cold last week. ( got the ..// train to 0ew 1ork. ( got him by phone. 'hat film really got me. 'he police got him at the station.

GET used in a phrasal verb

'hese are not all meanings of these phrasal verbs. ( have chosen the principle meanings as a way of focusing on the principal meanings of these e3tremely important verbs.

Phrasal Verb

Meaning

Example

'o get about &or around!

'o be socially active

'om really gets around$ doesn't he,

'o get ahead

'o be successful

(t's very difficult to get ahead nowadays.

'o get away

'o escape

'he thief got away from the police.

'o get back

'o recover or retrieve

( got my books back from 'om.

'o get by

'o survive financially

4ally gets by on 5ust )6$777 a month.

'o get in

'o enter a car$ train etc.

+ome on$ get in" 8et's go.

'o get into

'o be accepted

%e got into the university of his choice.

'o get off

'o e3it from a train$ bus etc.

9erry got off at /:nd 4treet.

'o get on with

'o have a good relationship with ( really get on well with 9anet.

'o get out

'o leave

( got out of class at ;.;7.

'o get over

'o recover from an illness or bad %e got over his operation very

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quickly.

'o get through

'o succeed in an e3amination$ test etc.

'hat was a difficult test to get through$ wasn't it,

'o get up

'o get out of bed

( got up at * this morning.

Get - Colloquial usage

Verb

Meaning

Example

Gotta

'o have to &<4!

( gotta go it's late

%ave got to

'o have to &<4!

('ve got to hurry up"

'o get down to business

'o begin working

'om arrived at 6: and immediately got down to business.

'o get together

'o meet

8et's get together this weekend.

'o get it together

'o improve one's performance

+ome on" Get it together$ you are playing horrible tennis.