- GET ABOUT
- (intransitive) to go from place to place
Mary gets about quite well without a car.
- GET ACROSS
- (separable) to communicate clearly or convincingly
No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get the message across to her that I cared.
- GET ACROSS
- (intransitive) to be convincing or clear
Max has trouble getting across to members of the opposite sex.
- GET AHEAD
- (intransitive) to make progress in becoming successful
Max compliments his boss constantly in order to het ahead.
- GET ALONG
- (intransitive) to advance (especially in years)
George is really getting along in years. Is he going to retire soon?
- GET ALONG
- (intransitive) have a congenial relationship with someone
Jane and John get along quite well, but Mary and Max can?t even stand to be in the same room.
- GET ALONG
- (intransitive) to manage or fare reasonably
Max is able to get along each day on just 2 slices of bread and a glass of water.
- GET AROUND
- (inseparable) to evade, circumvent
George hired many lawyers to help him find ways to get around various laws.
- GET AROUND
- (intransitive) to go from place to place
Since my car broke down, I?ve been getting around by bicycle.
- GET AROUND
- (intransitive) to become known, circulate
Word got around that Mary was pregnant.
- GET AT
- (inseparable) to access or reach
Could you please scratch my back? I have this itch that I just can?t quite get at.
- GET AT
- (intransitive) to hint, suggest, convey, or try to make understandable
I think I know what you are getting at, but I?m not certain.
- GET AWAY
- (intransitive) to escape
Max had a dream that a very fat woman was attacking him and he couldn't get away.
- GET BACK
- (separable) to have something returned
When Mary called her engagement with Max off, Max tried to get the ring back.
- GET BACK
- (intransitive) to return
Max got back late from the soccer match.
- GET BY
- (intransitive) to succeed with minimum effort and minimum achievement
Since George was a student, he has made a habit of just getting by.
- GET BY
- (intransitive) to survive or manage
We were able to get by on just a few dollars per week.
- GET BY
- (inseparable) to proceed unnoticed, ignored, or without being criticized, or punished
The tainted meat got by the inspectors.
- GET DOWN
- (intransitive) to descend or lower
Max got down on his knees and prayed.
- GET DOWN
- (intransitive) give one?s consideration or attention (used with to)
Now that we?ve finished lunch, I am ready to get down to business.
- GET DOWN
- (separable) to depress, exhaust or discourage
Talking about politics really gets me down.
- GET DOWN
- (separable) to put in writing
Did you get everything I said down?
- GET IN
- (intransitive) to arrive
When did you get in from Paris?
- GET INTO
- (inseparable) to be involved with
If you get into the wrong crowd, you are likely to get into a lot of trouble.
- GET OFF
- (intransitive) to receive extreme pleasure
Max gets off on burning ants with his magnifying glass.
- GET OFF
- (intransitive) to receive a lesser punishment than what might be expected
Mary got off with only two years in prison for the attempted murder of Max.
- GET OFF
- (inseparable) to dismount
Max got off his bicycle to tie his shoe
- GET OFF
- (separable) to give great pleasure
Burning ants gets Max off.
- GET OUT
- (intransitive) to become known
The news about Mary got out very quickly.
- GET OUT
- (intransitive) to escape or leave
Sam wouldn't stop talking so we asked him to get out.
- GET OUT
- (separable) cause to escape or leave
Please get that cat out of here.
- GET OVER
- (inseparable) to overcome, recover from
Max finally got over the flu.
- GET THROUGH
- (inseparable) to finish something completely; to arrive at the end of something
It took me almost two weeks to get through that book.
- GET TO
- (inseparable) to annoy
That buzzing sound really gets to me.
- GET TO
- (inseparable) to arrive at, to progress to
I can?t wait to get to school.
- GET TOGETHER
- (intransitive) to meet
Let's get together tomorrow night.
- GET UP
- (intransitive) to rise to one's feet or arise from bed; to climb
Mary gets up at sunrise to go jogging every morning.
- GET UP
- (separable) to cause to rise
Mary got Max up early this morning so that he could make her breakfast.
- GIVE BACK
- (separable) to return something
Mary did not want to give Max the wedding ring back.
- GIVE OUT
- (inseparable) to distribute
Mary is very happy that they give needles out at the local clinic.
- GIVE UP
- (separable) to stop, quit, or abandon
Max gave up smoking ten years ago.
- GO ALONG
- (intransitive) to cooperate
To go along with the crowd is the easiest thing, but not always the wisest thing.
- GO AROUND
- (intransitive) to satisfy a demand or need
While there are certainly more jobs now, there are still not enough to go around.
- GO AROUND
- (intransitive) to circulate
There are some rumors about Mary going around.
- GO AWAY
- (intransitive) to leave
Max and Mary went away for the summer.
- GO BY
- (intransitive) to pass; elapse
As the years go by, I grow older but not wiser.
- GO BY
- (inseparable) to act in accordance
If you go by the rules, you shouldn?t have any trouble.
- GO DOWN
- (intransitive) to go under; to drop below the horizon; to sink
I hope to get to the beach before the sun goes down.
- GO DOWN
- (intransitive) to ingest
Water goes down especially well after a long hard soccer match.
- GO OFF
- (intransitive) to explode; detonate
Bombs went off all around the city.
- GO OFF
- (intransitive) to happen in a particular manner
Mary's dinner party last night went off very well.
- GO OVER
- (intransitive) to gain approval
How did your request for a pay raise go over with your boss?
- GO OVER
- (inseparable) to check; examine
The mechanic went over the engine to see if there were any problems.
- GO THROUGH
- (inseparable) to experience; endure
Mary and Max went through a lot to make their business a success.
- GO UNDER
- (intransitive) to fail; to be defeated
Jack and Jill's drinking water business went under almost right away.
- GROW UP
- (intransitive) to change from child to adult
Mary thinks that Max will never grow up.