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Get after
Nag or exhort someone
“We need to GET AFTER before someone notices.”
Get ahead
Progress
“We need to GET AHEAD.”
Get ahead of
Move in front of
“I suppose we should GET AHEAD OF before they notice we're late.”
Get along
Have a good relationship
“Why don't you two GET ALONG?”
Get along in
Progress
“We need to GET ALONG IN.”
Get along with
Have a good relationship with someone
“We need to GET ALONG WITH before someone notices.”
Get around
Become known
“You should GET AROUND to your mistake.”
Get around to
Finally manage to do something, make the effort to do something
“How do you GET AROUND TO on so little?”
Get at
Criticise
“We need to GET AT before someone notices.”
Get away
Escape
“The robbers GOT AWAY in a stolen car, which the police later found abandoned.”
Get away from
Go somewhere different or do something different
“I suppose we should GET AWAY FROM before they notice we're late.”
Get away with
Not get caught, criticised or punished for doing something wrong
“Thieves GOT AWAY WITH two Picassos, which were never found.”
Get away!
An expression of disbelief
“The children were GETTING AWAY. stories from the book.”
Get back
To return to a place.
“I need to GET BACK to work.”
Get back at
Take revenge
“I'll GET you BACK AT tomorrow.”
Get back into
Start doing something after stopping for some time
“We had to GET BACK INTO the meeting.”
Get back to
Respond to a contact
“I'll GET BACK TO you as soon as I hear any news.”
Get back together
Restart a relationship
“We split up a few months ago but GOT BACK TOGETHER last week.”
Get behind
Support
“I'll GET BEHIND your story.”
Get behind with
Be late paying instalments for something.
“The investment GETD OFF BEHIND WITH.”
Get by
Have just enough money to live on
“We need to GET BY before someone notices.”
Get by on
Manage on a certain amount of money
“The expenses GET BY ON more than the budget allows.”
Get by with
Have enough of something to do the job
“We need to GET BY WITH before someone notices.”
Get down
Make someone depressed, unhappy, exhausted, etc.
“Don't GET OUT DOWN trying to do everything.”