Synonym: acquire, become, bring, bring about, fetch, gain, grow, incur, induce, influence, obtain, persuade, receive, retrieve, secure, turn. Antonym: lose. Similar words: bet, gut, jet, let, pet, set, yet, get in. Meaning: [get] n. a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent. v. 1. come into the possession of something concrete or abstract 2. enter or assume a certain state or condition 3. cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition 4. receive a specified treatment (abstract) 5. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress 6. go or come after and bring or take back 7. go through (mental or physical states or experiences) 8. take vengeance on or get even 9. achieve a point or goal 10. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner 11. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase 12. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) 13. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness 14. communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone 15. give certain properties to something 16. move into a desired direction of discourse 17. grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of 18. attract and fix 19. reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot 20. reach by calculation 21. acquire as a result of some effort or action 22. purchase 23. perceive by hearing 24. suffer from the receipt of 25. receive as a retribution or punishment 26. leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form 27. reach and board 28. irritate 29. evoke an emotional response 30. apprehend and reproduce accurately 31. earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher 32. overcome or destroy 33. be a mystery or bewildering to 34. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action 35. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) 36. make children.
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121. He was a prime mover in the bid to get better pay for West Indian cricketers.
122. I always get the jitters the morning before an exam.
123. The doctor opened up his stomach to get at the source of the trouble.
124. It was a tremendous coup for the local paper to get an exclusive interview with Prince Charles.
125. Children's negative feelings often get acted out in bad behaviour.
126. Why don't you put your chair forward to get a better view?
127. What today will be like is up to me , I get to choose what kind of day I will have.
128. If that's all the thanks I get, I won't bother in future!
129. She's trying to get a $50 000 loan to start her own business.
130. We'll take names and phone numbers for a start, then later on we can get more details.
131. We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.
132. It took me a year to get the necessary materials together.
133. I live locally, so it's easy to get to the office.
134. A hospital administrator has resigned over claims he lied to get the job.
135. I tried again to get ahold of my cousin Joan.
136. Don't be easy to get, or you'll be easy to forget.
137. With the election out of the way,(sentencedict.com) the government can get down to business.
138. Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss. But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.
139. Police officers re-enacted the crime in an attempt to get witnesses to come forward.
140. She's sure to get the job she wants - she's a very determined person.
141. You have to file away for hours to get this metal smooth.
142. I can remember the thrill of not knowing what I would get on Christmas morning.
143. The two surface adhered to each other, and we couldn't get them apart.
144. If we plough on until it's dark, we should get this field finished.
145. The children snuggled up to their mother to get warm.
146. The policeman had to kick the door in to get inside the room.
147. In this job you get four weeks holiday / vacation a year.
148. Brown bears are omnivorous, eating anything that they can get their paws on.
148. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
149. "Don't let that get you down," he said ruffling Ben's dark curls.
150. Remember that if you get through yesterday, you'll get through today.