TO GET + direct object = to obtain, to receive, to buy: To obtain
TO GET + direct object = to obtain, to receive, to buy:
To obtain
Examples
- She got her driving license last week.
- They got permission to live in Switzerland.
To receive
Examples
- I got a letter from my friend in Nigeria.
- He gets $1,000 a year from his father.
To buy
Examples
- She got a new coat from Zappaloni in Rome.
- We got a new television for the sitting room.
TO GET + place expression = reach, arrive at a place:
Examples
- We got to London around 6 p.m.
- What time will we get there?
- When did you get back from New York?
TO GET + adjective = to become, show a change of state:
Examples
- It’s getting hotter.
- By the time they reached the house they were getting hungry.
- I’m getting tired of all this nonsense.
- My mother’s getting old and needs looking after.
- It gets dark very early in the winter.
- Don’t touch the stove until is gets cool.
TO GET + preposition / adverb is used in many phrasal verbs. Here are some of the most common ones:
Examples
| Phrasal Verb | Meaning |
| get at | try to express |
| get away with | escape punishment for a crime or bad action |
| get by | manage (financially) |
| get down | descend; depress |
| get off | leave a form of transport (train, bus, bicycle, plane) |
| get on | enter/sit on a form of transport (train, bus, bicycle, plane); have a relationship with someone; manage |
| get out of | avoid doing something, especially a duty |
| get over | recover (from an illness, a surprise) |
| get through | use or finish the supply of something |
| get up | leave your bed |
| get up to | do – usually something bad |
Examples
- He got on his bicycle and rode down the street.
- He gets up at 6.00 a.m. every morning.
- She got out of the washing-up every day, even when it was her turn.
- We got off the train just before the bomb exploded.
- We’ve got through all the sugar – can you buy some more?
- The children are very quiet – I wonder what they’re getting up to.
very leave getting something
get supply dark use hotter
Dont verbs Here Weve father
To early time financially
get television expression escape to
receive hungry
relationship place
Examples
tired turn
recover they they morning
gets from illness touch form plane
get over preposition after
punishment driving from year some pm
house avoid from phrasal bad
Examples
ones
Examples
Phrasal Rome
form someone
manage
get reached change some through buy
Examples
something looking live arrive finish until coat Switzerland
TO reach week
especially getting just train bicycle were every before room
TO wonder Meaning
get descend receive
Examples
To action
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