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acquire

Examples

"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"

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become go

Examples

"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!"

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have let

Examples

: "He got his squad on the ball" "This let me in for a big surprise" "He got a girl into trouble"

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receive obtain find incur

Examples

"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"

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come arrive

Examples

"She arrived home at 7 o'clock" "He got into college" "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

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bring fetch convey

Examples

"Get me those books over there, please" "Could you bring the wine?" "The dog fetched the hat"

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have receive undergo experience

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: "get an idea" "experience vertigo" "get nauseous" "undergo a strange sensation" "The chemical undergoes a sudden change" "The fluid undergoes shear" "receive injuries" "have a feeling"

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fix pay_off pay_back

Examples

"We'll get them!" "That'll fix him good!" "This time I got him"

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make have

Examples

"Nicklaus had a 70" "The Brazilian team got 4 goals" "She made 29 points that day"

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make cause have induce stimulate

Examples

: "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"

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contract take

Examples

"He got AIDS" "She came down with pneumonia" "She took a chill"

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catch capture

Examples

"We finally got the suspect" "Did you catch the thief?"

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develop grow acquire produce

Examples

"He grew a beard" The patient developed abdominal pains" I got funny spots all over my body" "Well-developed breasts"

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make

Examples

"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 famous physicist" "Make yourself clear"

Examples

: "Bill called this number and he got Mary" "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake"

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catch

Examples

"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"

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aim drive

Examples

"What are you driving at?"

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catch arrest

Examples

"His look caught her" "She caught his eye" "Catch the attention of the waiter"

Examples

"What do you get when you add up these numbers?"

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catch

Examples

: "the rock caught her in the back of the head" "The blow got him in the back" "The punch caught him in the stomach"

Examples

"What did you get at the toy store?"

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catch

Examples

"I didn't catch your name" "She didn't get his name when they met the first time"

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may can

Examples

"May I go to the movies tonight?" "Can I have some ice cream?" "We got to play video games all day long"

Examples

"You cannot get water out of a stone" "Where did she get these news?"

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begin start set_out commence start_out get_down set_about

Examples

: "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"

Examples

"The ice storm got my hibiscus" "the cat got the goldfish"

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catch

Examples

"She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings" "She got the mood just right in her photographs"

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draw

Examples

"He drew a base on balls"

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puzzle bewilder baffle mystify amaze stick stupify stupefy gravel nonplus beat dumbfound pose trounce flummox vex perplex

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"This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!" "a vexing problem" "This question really stuck me"

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suffer have sustain

Examples

"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"

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"She got the bus just as it was leaving"

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get_under_one's_skin

Examples

"Her childish behavior really get to me" "His lying really gets me"

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catch

Examples

"She will catch hell for this behavior!"

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receive

Examples

"He got 5 years in prison"

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buzz_off bugger_off fuck_off scram

Examples

"Scram!"

Examples

"Brahms's 'Requiem' gets me every time"

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sire beget father bring_forth generate mother engender

Examples

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