general had to get his troops
across the river. 'I&Zjf'J&Mik 0 We
couldn’t get the piano through the door. ^ & ft $3 # IR £ it H«, 0 we’d better call a taxi and
get you home. o I
can’t get the lid off. flcfTAJfllTA
19 lVN] [no passive] to use a bus, taxi, plane, etc. ttiffl
A, ) : We’re
going to be late—let’s get a taxi, fi
7 mi fti ffiABE o 01
usually get the bus
to work.
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MEAL i'k £ 20 ~ sth (for
yourself/sb) | ~ (yourself/sb) sth
[especially
BrE) to prepare a meal /if
H, ffi AM )
: [VN] Who’s getting the lunch?
t£ A # A A tS. ? 0 [VN, VNN] I must go home
and get tea for the kids.
$]&&%*&o 0 I must
go home and get the kids their tea.
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TELEPHONE/DOOR * ifi ; j j 21 [VN] [informal)
to answer
the telephone or a door
when sb calls, knocks, etc. & ( )
; & ( H ) : Will you get the phone? EfA®
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CATCH/HIT Mfr:; Sr A 22 [VN] to catch or take
hold of sb, especially in order to harm or punish them ( A fa
)
JR ft,< JEft, lift: He was on the run for a week
before the police got him. Mi/ffWAA
0
to get sb by the arm/wrist/throat #ftftl£A / AM; o She fell overboard and
the sharks got her. MAUlS±$c A7k o He
thinks everybody is out to get him [= trying to harm him). jfoikilFJrM AfRS^&o o [informal) I’ll get you for that! & ft ffc fg ifc
& % ! 23 [VN +adv./prep.] to hit or
wound sb A A; : The bullet got him in the neck.
T#AA7M&T«o
►
UNDERSTAND MM 24 [VN] [no passive] [informal)
to understand sb/sth MB; BJj 6: I don’t get you. i A1f VE&)
MM. 0 She
didn’t get the joke. MABJMAWjAXo 0
I don’t get it—why would she do a
thing like that?
A
fi M £ A AIR# • ? o I get the message—
you don’t want me to
come. #HA#
Oi note at understand
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HAPPEN/EXIST ‘ft A; A ft 25 [VN] [no passive] [informal)
used to say that sth
happens or exists ( i/StSM A ) : You get [= There are) all
these kids hanging around in the street. ffilt iAI M 0 0
They still get cases of typhoid there.
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CONFUSE/ANNOY W\ j$ / fw 26 [VN] [no passive]
[informal) to
make sb feel confused because they do not understand sth fH ]$ ; ft. $5 ; fE •
• • j*t ft EH3
puzzle : ‘What’s the capital of
[informal) to annoy sb ; ftH A: What gets me is having to do the same thing all day
long.
ifldlJ Get is one of the most
common words in English, but some people try to avoid it in formal writing. *
get ffiftlftAAlE
^
A ft ft /i It iS & ft<$« ITtfSl Most idioms containing
get are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example get
sb’s goat is at goat.
A
is] & 5!i,
#P get sb’s goat ft is| ^ goat A » be
getting on [informal) 1 (of a person A) to
be becoming old 'ft ; AAhd 2 (of time fl'tl'H) to be becoming
late #r ; fflilE : The time’s getting on—we ought to be
going. be getting on
for ... [especially BrE) to be nearly a
particular time, age or number ( £HM. AiMS ) : It must be getting on
for
) : I can’t get over
how rude she was. Mi& ftficI&S'JftEfo get a'way from it
all (informal) to have a short
holiday/vacation in a place where you can relax ( Slft&jEJIig
) ,get it 'on (with
sb) [slang,
especially NAmE) to have sex with sb (
-fej^A ) ft3C 'get it [NAmE) = catch it at catch
v. ,get it 'up [slang) (of a man HA) to have an erection get sb ‘going [BrE, informal) to make sb angry,
worried or excited
| 853 get
A; ) get sb nowhere/not
get sb
anywhere to not help sb make
progress or succeed
This line of investigation is
getting us nowhere.
A0 0 Being rude to me won’t
get you anywhere. # fStlf0
get
somewhere/anywhere/nowhere to make some progress/no progress APJf ( MftPE ) iil: M: After six months’ work
on the project, at last I feel I’m getting somewhere.
o I don’t seem to be
getting
anywhere with this letter,
get there to achieve your aim or
complete a task jAg] @ ft #; : I’m sure you’ll get
there in
the end. fg ff # M ^ 0 O It’s not perfect but
we’re getting there (= making progress). A A
HAIPi, how selfish, stupid,
ungrateful, etc. can you get? [informal) used to express
surprise or disapproval that sb has been so selfish, etc. (
S, ) there’s no getting a
way from sth |
you can’t get a'way
from sth you have to admit that sth unpleasant is true AAi5iA,
H£FAiA (
) what are you, was he, etc. getting at? [informal)
used
to ask, especially in an angry way, what sb is/was suggesting ( &M
M, t : I’m partly
to blame?
What
exactly are you getting at?
&MM? what has got into sb? [informal) used to say that sb
has suddenly started to behave in a strange or different way (
What’s got into Alex? He never used to worry like
that.
I310TOI ,get a'bout [BrE) = get around(I)
,get a bove yourself [especially BrE) to have too high an
opinion of yourself g M $}
TA®; A; S ML&fa
get a'cross (to sb) | ,get sth^a'cross (to
sb) to
be communicated or understood; to succeed in communicating sth M ft i& ; Sli;
#1 ••• i# ft J6 : Your meaning didn’t really get across. (ft
;fA® A A jS) iE A £ 'I Alio O He’s not very good at getting his ideas
across.
iAAif'lfi^ g a
,get a head (of sb) to make progress
(further than others have done) ( ^AW ) fl®; EjI
( ® A ) : She wants to get ahead
in her career. MSA ♦
ikAlftMWtBo 0 He soon got ahead of the others in his class. Altif T*
,get a long 1 (usually used in
the progressive tenses 11 to leave a place A; ^ A: It’s time we were
getting along. 2 = get on(1)
,get a1 round
1 [BrE also ,get a bout) to move from place to
place or from person to person jf jf; #
She gets around with the help of a stick. MS If O News
soon got around that he had resigned. To 2 [especially
NAmE)
= GET ROUND
get at sb (usually used in the
progressive tenses ii# fflAlftTrN') to keep criticizing sb — , A^rfavT
^yiffcsi ( ^A ) : He’s always getting at
me.
0 She feels she’s being got at. M^Sij
g B
‘get at sb/sth to reach sb/sth; to gain
access to
sb/sth A(^^tM;
The files are locked up and I can’t get at them.
AcJ&A.&io ‘get at sth to learn or find out
sth ; JB’,
,get a'way 1 to have a
holiday/vacation AIIk:
We’re hoping to get away for a few days at Easter.
W # %. A Hi A S Jl A jg o — related noun get- away(2) 2 [BrE, informal) used to show that you
do not believe or are surprised by what sb has said ( Affl of ) SUffiftt:
‘These tickets didn’t cost me a thing. ’ ‘Getaway!’ “354^.^
7 l ” ,get a'way (from
...) to
succeed in leaving a place [%VX) WFr, Aft#: I won’t be able to get
away from the office before 7. $ 7 A# A HU A&fWAAlEo
,get a'way (from sb/
...) to
escape from sb or a place jg A£ ( ^A ) ; )
.get
a'way with sth 1 to
steal sth and escape with
it #ifA: